The structure of the Oriental Cordillera of Dominican Republic;La estructura de la Cordillera Oriental de la República Dominicana

Boletin Geologico y Minero

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-312

  Garcia Senz J M ^a   Monthel, J ^b   Diaz de Neira J A ^c   Hernaiz Huerta, P P ^d   Escuder Viruete, J ^e   Perez Estaun A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c Geoprin   (Spain)

^d INYPSA Informes y Proyectos SA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caribbean Plate; Island arc; Strike slip; Transpression

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; ISLAND ARC; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSPRESSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

CAIMAN;

EID: 57749117143     PISSN: 03660176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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