Pulsed subduction accretion and tectonic erosion reconstructed since 2.5 Ma from the tephra record offshore Costa Rica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Clift, Peter D ^a   Chan, Lui Heung ^b   Blusztajn, Jerzy ^c   Layne, Graham D ^c   Kastner, Miriam ^d   Kelly, Robyn K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CTL Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Geochemistry; Subduction; Tephra

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148878590     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000963     Document Type: Article

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