Submarine topography and faulting in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-116

  Alvarez, Román ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bah a de Banderas; Banderas canyon; Extensional basin; Half graben structure; Submarine DEM

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GRABEN; SUBMARINE CANYON;

BANDERAS BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34548430633     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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