Structural characterization of the Costa Rica décollement: Evidence for seismically-induced fluid pulsing

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 413-428

  Vannucchi, Paola ^a   Leoni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; d collement; fault zone; fluid pressure; subduction

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; SEISMIC CYCLE; SHEAR FRACTURING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PARTICLE SIZE; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 35148815032     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.056     Document Type: Article

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