Active deformation near the Nicoya Peninsula, northwestern Costa Rica, between 1996 and 2010: Interseismic megathrust coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Feng, Lujia ^a,b   Newman, Andrew V ^a   Protti, Marino ^c   Gonzlez, Víctor ^c   Jiang, Yan ^d   Dixon, Timothy H ^d,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOREARC BASIN; GPS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 84862874967     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009230     Document Type: Review

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