Identification and tectonic implications of a tear in the South American plate at the southern end of the Lesser Antilles

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Clark, S A ^a,b   Sobiesiak, M ^c   Zelt, C A ^a   Magnani, M B ^d   Miller, M S ^a   Bezada, M J ^a   Levander, A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Jelly sandwich; Lithospheric detachment; Mantle dynamics; Slab break off; STEP; Tear

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149174168     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002084     Document Type: Article

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