Survey explores active tectonics in Northeastern Caribbean

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Volumn 86, Issue 51, 2005, Pages

  Carbo A ^a   Cordoba D ^a   Dávila, J Martín ^b   Ten Brink, U ^d   Herranz, P ^g   Von Hilldebrandt, C ^e   Payero, J ^f   Martín, A Munoz ^a   Pazos, A ^b   Catalan M ^b   Granja, J L ^a   Gomez M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Real Observatorio de la Armada   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Puerto Rico Seismic Network   (Puerto Rico)

^f Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo   (Dominican Republic)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; EXPLORATION; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 33746351051     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005EO510002     Document Type: Review

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