Is there a northern Lesser Antilles forearc block?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  López, Alberto M ^a   Stein, S ^a   Dixon, T ^b   Sella, G ^c   Calais, E ^d   Jansma, P ^e   Weber, J ^f   LaFemina, P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c National Geodetic Survey   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LESSER ANTILLES TRENCH; SLIP VECTOR;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; PLATE MOTION; THRUST FAULT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; MARTINIQUE; NORTH AMERICA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 33646838820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025293     Document Type: Article

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