Deep structural setting of the North American-Caribbean plate boundary in eastern Guatemala

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-277

  Lodolo, E ^a   Menichetti, M ^b   Guzman Speziale M ^c   Giunta, G ^d   Zanolla, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep crustal structure; Eastern Guatemala; Gravity modeling; Polochic Motagua transform systems

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CARIBBEAN PLATE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY SURVEY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LINEAMENT; OPHIOLITE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUTURE ZONE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; IZABAL;

EID: 70350172828     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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