Neogene-Quaternary tectonic evolution of the Leeward Antilles islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao) from fault kinematic analysis

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 259-277

  Hippolyte, Jean Claude ^a   Mann, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aruba; Bonaire; Caribbean plate margin; Cura ao; Fault; Leeward Antilles; Paleostress; Tectonic escape

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; LIME; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ANTILLES; ARUBA; BONAIRE; CARIBBEAN PLATE MARGIN; PALEO-STRESS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; KINEMATICS; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSTRESS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

BONAIRE; CURACAO; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

EID: 78649909170     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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