Multibeam bathymetry and sidescan imaging of the Rivera Transform-Moctezuma Spreading Segment junction, northern East Pacific Rise: New constraints on Rivera-Pacific relative plate motion

Tectonophysics

Volumn 454, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 70-85

  Bandy, William L ^a   Michaud, François ^b   Dyment, Jérôme ^c   Mortera Gutiérrez, Carlos A ^a   Bourgois, Jacques ^b   Calmus, Thierry ^a   Sosson, Marc ^d   Ortega Ramirez, Jose ^e   Royer, Jean Yves ^f   Pontoise, Bernard ^d   Sichler, Bertrand ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^f Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^g IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Mexico; Plate boundary morphology; Plate motions; Rivera Plate; Rivera Transform

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; BATHYMETRY; DISPLACEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIBEAM SONAR; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SIDESCAN SONAR;

ARGENTINE BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 46549086303     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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