Kinematic analysis of serpentinite structures and the manifestation of transpression in southwestern Puerto Rico

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1472-1489

  Laó Dávila, Daniel A ^a   Anderson, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Oblique faults; S C; Strain

Indexed keywords

DRAG FOLDS; EOCENE; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; LATE EOCENE; LINEAR STRUCTURES; NORTH AMERICAN; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PUERTO RICO; ROCK LAYERS; SERPENTINITE; SHEAR PLANE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVENTS; TECTONIC TRANSPORT; THRUST FAULTS; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

TECTONICS;

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SERPENTINITE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 70450222297     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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