Plate interaction in the NE Caribbean subduction zone from continuous GPS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ten Brink, Uri S ^a   López Venegas, Alberto M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

BAHAMAS; NORMAL FAULTS; NORTH AMERICAN; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PUERTO RICO; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUMATRA;

EARTHQUAKES;

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; GRAVITY FIELD; NORMAL FAULT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; TRENCH; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; INTERFACE; PLATE TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PUERTO RICO TRENCH;

EID: 84861358278     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051485     Document Type: Article

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