Geomorphic and exhumational response of the Central American Volcanic Arc to Cocos Ridge subduction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Morell, Kristin D ^a,b   Kirby, Eric ^a   Fisher, Donald M ^a   Van Soest, Matthijs ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EXHUMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; MIOCENE; NAZCA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA;

EID: 84861399293     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008969     Document Type: Article

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