Bivergent thrust wedges surrounding oceanic island arcs: Insight from observations and sandbox models of the northeastern caribbean plate

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1522-1536

  ten Brink, Uri S ^a   Marshak, Stephen ^b   Granja Bruña, José Luis ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BACK-ARC; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOREARC; HAZARD ANALYSIS; ISLAND ARC; KINEMATIC MODEL; KINEMATIC MODELING; MANTLE FLOW; OCEANIC ISLANDS; PUERTO RICO; RIGID BLOCK; STRESS TRANSMISSION; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; SUB-ARC MANTLE; THRUST BELTS; THRUST WEDGES; VANUATU; VERGENCES;

KINEMATICS; RIGIDITY; TECTONICS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARIBBEAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; ISLAND ARC; KINEMATICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST;

HISPANIOLA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 76249111304     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26512.1     Document Type: Article

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