Geologic evidence for the prolongation of active normal faults of the Mona rift into northwestern Puerto Rico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 385, Issue , 2005, Pages 161-171

  Hippolyte, Jean Claude ^a   Mann, Paul ^b   Grindlay, Nancy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faults; Caribbean; Mona rift; Paleostress; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACTIVE FAULT; CARIBBEAN; MONA RIFT; PALEO-STRESS; PUERTO RICO;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; EOCENE; FAULT SLIP; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PALEOSTRESS; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

HISPANIOLA; MONA PASSAGE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 73849151470     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.161     Document Type: Article

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