Rapid microplate rotations and backarc rifting at the transition between collision and subduction

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 857-860

  Wallace, Laura M ^a   McCaffrey, Robert ^b   Beavan, John ^a   Ellis, Susan ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Backarc rifting; Collision; Global positioning system; GPS; Microplate rotation; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BACKARC RIFTING; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; KINEMATIC MODELING; RAPID MICROPLATE ROTATIONS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; BLOCK ROTATION; COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 27744575408     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21834.1     Document Type: Article

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