Tectonic evolution of the Tehuantepec Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 64-77

  Manea, Marina ^a,b   Manea, Vlad C ^a,b   Ferrari, Luca ^c   Kostoglodov, Vladimir ^a   Bandy, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clipperton Fracture Zone; Cocos Plate; Guatemala Basin; Microplate; Tehuantepec Ridge

Indexed keywords

MICROPLATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEHUANTEPEC RIDGE;

BATHYMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

COCOS PLATE; MICROPLATE; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 26944455944     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.060     Document Type: Article

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