Toward an integrated understanding of Holocene fault activity in western Puerto Rico: Constraints from high-resolution seismic and sidescan sonar data

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 385, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-160

  Grindlay, Nancy R ^a   Abrams, Lewis J ^a   Greco, Luke Del ^a   Mann, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution seismic reflection; Holocene faulting; Puerto Rico; Sidescan sonar; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HAZARDS; MAGNESITE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SONAR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYS; TECTONICS;

BASEMENT STRUCTURES; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC; HOLOCENES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; PUERTO RICO; SIDE SCAN SONAR; STRONG CORRELATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNETIZATION; MICROPLATE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLIOCENE; REMOBILIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SERPENTINE; SIDESCAN SONAR;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONA PASSAGE; PUERTO RICO; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 67349221688     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.139     Document Type: Article

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