Constraints on inner forearc deformation from balanced cross sections, Fila Costeña thrust belt, Costa Rica

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Sitchler, Jason C ^a   Fisher, Donald M ^a   Gardner, Thomas W ^b   Protti, Marino ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOS PLATE; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FOREARC BASIN; FRACTURE ZONE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SLIP; THRUST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 39849095387     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001949     Document Type: Article

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