Characterizing the Caribbean-South American plate boundary at 64°W using wide-angle seismic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Clark, S A ^a,b   Zelt, C A ^a   Magnani, M B ^c   Levander, A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; DETACHMENT FAULT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 51449091790     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005329     Document Type: Article

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