Long-term subduction-erosion along the Guatemalan margin of the Middle America Trench

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 617-620

  Vannucchi, Paola ^a   Galeotti, Simone ^b   Clift, Peter D ^c   Ranero, César R ^d   von Huene, Roland ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Convergent margins; Guatemala; Middle America Trench; Subduction erosion

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT (DSDP); MIOCENE;

DATA REDUCTION; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECTONICS;

UNDERWATER DRILLING;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 3543130174     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20422.1     Document Type: Article

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