Hydrologic control of forearc strength and seismicity in the Costa Rican subduction zone

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 852-855

  Audet, Pascal ^a   Schwartz, Susan Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FOREARC BASIN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; OCEANIC CRUST; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 84885012563     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1927     Document Type: Article

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