Crustal structure of the Caribbean - Northeastern South America arc-continent collision zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Christeson, Gail L ^a   Mann, Paul ^a   Escalona, Alejandro ^a,b   Aitken, Trevor J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Devon Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ISLAND ARC; OCEANIC CRUST; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUTURE ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

AVES;

EID: 55949100408     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005373     Document Type: Article

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