Identification and tectonic implications of a tear in the South American plate at the southern end of the Lesser Antilles
In the southeast corner of the Caribbean, westward subduction of (Atlantic) oceanic South America beneath the Lesser Antilles transitions to east‐west transform motion between continental South America and the Caribbean plate. This geometry requires negatively buoyant, subducting, oceanic South Amer...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GC002084 |