Seismic strain rate along the Middle America Trench reveals significant differences between Cocos-North America and Cocos-Caribbean convergence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 179-185

  Guzmán Speziale, Marco ^a   Gómez González, Juan Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Active margin; Caribbean plate; Cocosplate; North America plate; Plate convergence; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMOTECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745629070     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02876.x     Document Type: Article

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