Crustal structure across the Caribbean-South American plate boundary at 70W: Results from seismic refraction and reflection data
The Caribbean-South America diffuse plate boundary is characterized by tectonic transpression with oblique convergence. In northwestern Venezuela, the underthrusting of the Caribbean Plate beneath northwestern South America, and the tectonic escape of the Maracaibo block complicate the boundary. The...
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1911/20508 |