Evolution of the Grenada and Tobago basins and implications for arc migration

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-258

  Aitken, Trevor ^a,c   Mann, Paul ^a   Escalona, Alejandro ^b   Christeson, Gail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Devon Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves Ridge; Barbados accretionary prism; Caribbean; Grenada basin; Lesser Antilles arc; Subduction; Tobago basin

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AVES RIDGE; CARIBBEAN; GRENADA BASIN; LESSER ANTILLES; SUBDUCTION; TOBAGO BASIN;

PRISMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; GRABEN; ISLAND ARC; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; TOBAGO; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

AVES;

EID: 78649904432     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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