Tectonic geomorphology and paleoseismology of the Septentrional fault system, Dominican Republic

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 326, Issue , 1998, Pages 63-123

  Mann, Paul ^a   Prentice, Carol S ^b   Burr, G ^c   Pẽa, Luis R ^d   Taylor, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NONE   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; LANDFORMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RADAR IMAGING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBMARINES; TRACKING RADAR;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; CENTRAL AMERICA; GEOMORPHIC EXPRESSION; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RADAR IMAGERY; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FAULT SLIPS;

FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CORDILLERA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HISPANIOLA; PARAGUAY; SAMANA;

EID: 84870821031     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2326-4.63     Document Type: Article

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