Publication Date:
1998-01-22
Description:
Space geodetic data recorded rates and directions of motion across the convergent boundary zone between the oceanic Nazca and continental South American plates in Peru and Bolivia. Roughly half of the overall convergence, about 30 to 40 millimeters per year, accumulated on the locked plate interface and can be released in future earthquakes. About 10 to 15 millimeters per year of crustal shortening occurred inland at the sub-Andean foreland fold and thrust belt, indicating that the Andes are continuing to build. Little (5 to 10 millimeters per year) along-trench motion of coastal forearc slivers was observed, despite the oblique convergence.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Norabuena -- Leffler-Griffin -- Mao -- Dixon -- Stein -- Sacks -- Ocola -- Ellis -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 16;279(5349):358-62.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉E. Norabuena, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Apartado 3747, Lima 100, Peru, and Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, USA. L. Leffler-Griffin and S. Stein, Departme.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9430582" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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