Evolution of the southern Caribbean plate boundary

Eos

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 97-100

  Levander, Alan ^a   Schmitz, Michael ^b   Avé Lallemant, Hans G ^a   Zelt, Colin A ^a   Sawyer, Dale S ^a   Magnani, Maria B ^a   Mann, Paul ^c   Christeson, Gail ^c   Wright, James E ^d   Pavlis, Gary L ^e   Pindell, James ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 34447104331     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006EO090001     Document Type: Article

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