Active faulting induced by slip partitioning in montserrat and link with volcanic activity: New insights from the 2009 GWADASEIS marine cruise data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Feuillet, Nathalie ^a   Leclerc, Frédérique ^a   Tapponnier, Paul ^a,c   Beauducel, François ^a   Boudon, Georges ^a   Le Friant, Anne ^a   Deplus, Christine ^a   Lebrun, Jean Frédéric ^b   Nercessian, Alexandre ^a   Saurel, Jean Marie ^a   Clément, Valentin ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE FAULTING; ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS; FAULT TREND; MONTSERRAT; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANIC COMPLEX;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ANDESITE; DOME; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; SLIP;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; REDONDA ISLANDS;

EID: 84978818258     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042556     Document Type: Article

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