Structure and serpentinization of the subducting Cocos plate offshore Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Van Avendonk, H J A ^a   Holbrook, W S ^b   Lizarralde, D ^c   Denyer, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Central America; Cocos Plate; Gal pagos hot spot; plate bending and faulting; seismic velocities; subduction

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COCOS PLATE; HOT SPOT; PLATE BENDING; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SUBDUCTION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COCOS PLATE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COSTA RICA; EAST PACIFIC RISE; NICARAGUA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79959697557     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003592     Document Type: Article

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