Evidence for middle Cretaceous accretion at Santa Elena Peninsula (Santa Rosa Accretionary Complex), Costa Rica

Geologica Acta

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 179-191

  Baumgartner, Peter O ^a   Denyer, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Accretion; Costa Rica; Megabreccias; Middile Cretaceous; Radiolarites; Santa Elena Peninsula; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRETACEOUS; PLATE TECTONICS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33645019510     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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