Structural patterns and tectonic history of the Bauer microplate, Eastern Tropical Pacific

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 171-205

  Eakins, Barry W ^a,b   Lonsdale, Peter F ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexation; Bauer microplate; East Pacific Rise; Galapagos Rise; Microplate kinematics; Plate reconstructions; Rifting

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SONAR; TECTONICS;

ANNEXATION; MICROPLATE KINEMATICS; MICROPLATES; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MICROPLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); WORLD;

EID: 23944527158     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-5882-4     Document Type: Article

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