The Managua Graben and Las Sierras-Masaya volcanic complex (Nicaragua); pull-apart localization by an intrusive complex: Results from analogue modeling

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 37-57

  Girard, Guillaume ^a,b   van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analogue modeling; Intrusive complex; Las Sierras; Managua; Masaya; Morpho structural analysis; Nicaragua; Pull apart; Strike slip; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CATCHMENTS; DUCTILITY; GRAVITATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

CALDERAS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELDS; RHOMBIC FIELD PATTERNS; TRANSTENSIONAL TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; PULL APART BASIN; VOLCANISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MASAYA VOLCANO; NICARAGUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21044440859     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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