The Guanacaste Volcanic Arc Sliver of Northwestern Costa Rica

Abstract Recent studies have shown that the Nicoya Peninsula of northwestern Costa Rica is moving northwestward ~11 mm a−1 as part of a tectonic sliver. Toward the northwest in El Salvador the northern sliver boundary is marked by a dextral strike-slip fault system active since Late Pleistocene time...

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Main Authors: Walter Montero, Jonathan C. Lewis, Maria Cristina Araya
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/850e5460f3054b6cb9bd6e547d8d7938
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