Forearc motion and deformation between El Salvador and Nicaragua: GPS, seismic, structural, and paleomagnetic observations

Lithosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-21

  Alvarado, D ^a,g   DeMets, C ^a   Tikoff, B ^a   Hernandez D ^b   Wawrzyniec, T F ^c,h   Pullinger, C ^d   Mattioli, G ^e,i   Turner, H L ^e   Rodriguez, M ^f   Correa Mora, F ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales   (El Salvador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d LaGeo   (El Salvador)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^g CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^h WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTICAL RADAR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURVEYING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GPS MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); MOTION AND DEFORMATIONS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULTING; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; COLLISION; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOREARC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; NORMAL FAULT; PULL APART BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; NICARAGUA; COSTA RICA; GULF OF FONSECA; HONDURAS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79951665410     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L108.1     Document Type: Article

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