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A Comprehensive Hazard Assessment of the Caribbean Region
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 18 January 2022
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2022) 112 (2): 1120–1148.
... and the subducting NAM plate was divided into three segments based on the variation of fault geometry and deformation style: (1) the North Hispaniola segment, (2) the PR trench, and (3) the LA subduction zone. We also consider the plate boundary between the CAR plate and PRVI microplate, the Muertos trough...
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(A) Map of the Caribbean region showing principal structural elements of th...
in The case for persistent southwest-dipping Cretaceous convergence in the northeast Antilles: Geochemistry, melting models, and tectonic implications
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 July 2008
plateau basalts are from Hauff et al. (2000) and Kerr et al. (2002) . Additional features identified as follows: AF—Anegada Fault; CT—Cayman Trough spreading center; GP—Gonive microplate; HS—Hispaniola microplate; LMT—Los Muertos Trench; MR—Mona rift; PR—Puerto Rico; PRT—Puerto Rico Trench; PR-VI
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Crust–Uppermost Mantle Structure beneath the Caribbean Region from Seismic Ambient Noise Tomography
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 18 April 2023
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2023) 113 (3): 1064–1076.
.... Int. 169 , 1239 – 1260 , doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03374.x . Byrne D. B. Suarez G. , and McCann W. R. 1985 . Muertos trough subduction—Microplate tectonics in the northern Caribbean? Nature 317 , 420 – 421 , doi: 10.1038/317420a0 . Calais E. Symithe S...
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Significant Earthquakes on the Enriquillo Fault System, Hispaniola, 1500–2010: Implications for Seismic Hazard
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 February 2012
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2012) 102 (1): 18–30.
... triggering of the Enriquillo fault sytem near Port‐au‐Prince by slip on the distant subduction‐zone Los Muertos Trough is less plausible. Our intensity assignments permit both offshore and onshore locations for the 18 October 1751 event. The weight of the evidence, however, favors an onshore location...
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Geologic Input Databases for the 2025 Puerto Rico—U.S. Virgin Islands National Seismic Hazard Model Update: Crustal Faults Component
Jessica Thompson Jobe, Richard W. Briggs, Uri ten Brink, Thomas L. Pratt, Kenneth Stephen Hughes, Alexandra E. Hatem, Christopher B. DuRoss, Nadine G. Reitman, Julie A. Herrick, Sylvia Nicovich, Camille M. Collett, Katherine M. Scharer, Stephen B. DeLong
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 08 October 2024
Seismological Research Letters (2024)
... information about fault location, geometry, or recurrent Quaternary activity. The PRVI NSHM 2025 geologic input databases describe crustal faulting; the geometries and coupling of Puerto Rico subduction zone and Muertos Trough models are considered in a separate database. Updates to the fault sections, fault...
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Provenance of Upper Cretaceous–Paleogene sandstones in the foreland basin system of the Sierra Madre Oriental, northeastern Mexico, and its bearing on fluvial dispersal systems of the Mexican Laramide Province
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 May 2009
GSA Bulletin (2009) 121 (5-6): 820–836.
... thrust sheets of Upper Jurassic–Upper Cretaceous carbonate and siliciclastic strata ( Eguiluz de Antuñano and Campa Uranga, 1982 ). East of the zone of imbricated thrust sheets, there is an inverted Jurassic extensional basin known as the Chihuahua Trough ( Fig. 1 ; Hennings, 1994 ; Haenggi, 2002...
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Transtensional Rupture within a Diffuse Plate Boundary Zone during the 2020 M w 6.4 Puerto Rico Earthquake
Renier Viltres, Adriano Nobile, Hannes Vasyura‐Bathke, Daniele Trippanera, Wenbin Xu, Sigurjón Jónsson
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 29 December 2021
Seismological Research Letters (2022) 93 (2A): 567–583.
... of the Caribbean region with color‐coded boundary types. Black solid lines outline political boundaries. Abbreviations: Annegada Deep (AD), Caribbean plate (CA), Cerro Golden fault (CG), Coco plate (CO), Great Northern Puerto Rico fault (GN), Great Southern Puerto Rico fault (GS), Mona Deep (MD), Muertos trough...
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Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for the Dominican Republic
Kendra Johnson, M. EERI, Thomas Chartier, Marco Pagani, Yesica Perez, Vladimir Guzmán, Maria Betania Roque de Medina, Richard Styron, Catalina Yepes-Estrada, M. EERI
Journal: Earthquake Spectra
Publisher: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Published: 01 November 2024
Earthquake Spectra (2024) 40 (4): 2504–2544.
... the DOM21 catalog developed herein. Subduction zone (SZ) traces from the GAF-DB ( Styron and Pagani, 2020 ). Other active faults from the SGN database described in the text ( Bertil et al., 2015 ) and further communication. Blue numbered squares show the position of two major cities: (1) Santiago de los...
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The Current State of Seismic Monitoring in Puerto Rico
John F. Clinton, Georgia Cua, Víctor Huérfano, Christa G. von Hillebrandt-Andrade, José Martínez Cruzado
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 September 2006
Seismological Research Letters (2006) 77 (5): 532–543.
... (the Muertos Trough: Carbó et al. 2005 ), and zones of extension at the Anegada Trough to the east and the Mona Canyon region to the west. All regions are capable of producing events greater than M7.0, and all have evidence of having done so in the recorded history of the island ( Asencio 1980 ; Moya...
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Surface Deformation Surrounding the 2021 M w 7.2 Haiti Earthquake Illuminated by InSAR Observations
Harriet Zoe Yin, Xiaohua Xu, Jennifer S. Haase, Roby Douilly, David T. Sandwell, Bernard Mercier de Lepinay
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 28 October 2022
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2023) 113 (1): 41–57.
... and thrust faults north of Port‐au‐Prince. The maps include the contributions from the north Hispaniola fault subduction boundary and the Muertos trough subduction zone to the south (Fig. 1 ). The EPGFZ was considered to be a single segment from the western limit of the 2010 rupture to the western coast...
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Evolution of magma source regions in the Rio Grande rift, southern New Mexico
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 October 2000
GSA Bulletin (2000) 112 (10): 1582–1593.
... in the Jornada del Muerto in south-central New Mexico ( Seager et al., 1997 ). Laramide volcanic rocks in New Mexico have arc-like chemical characteristics ( Chapman-Fahey, 1996 ; Young, 1996 ) and appear to have been generated by subduction processes triggered by dehydration of the Farallon plate. Eocene...
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Timing of tectonic and magmatic events in the Central Andes of Peru
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 April 1983
Journal of the Geological Society (1983) 140 (2): 279–286.
... initiated by low subduction rates as suggested by Aberg e f al. (in press) and Frutos (1981) for a similar situation in Chile. Yokokura (1981) has demonstrated that low subduc- tion rates are associated with steeply-dipping Benioff zones. A succeeding period of rapid spreading would, according to the model...
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Tectonic and Seismologic Setting of the 22 September 2003, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Earthquake: Implications for Earthquake Hazard in Northern Hispaniola
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 September 2004
Seismological Research Letters (2004) 75 (5): 587–597.
.... Suarez , and W. R. McCann ( 1985 ). Muertos Trough subduction: Microplate tectonics in the northern Caribbean , Nature 317 , 420 – 421 . Calais , E. , N. Bethoux , and B. M. Mercier de Lepinay ( 1992 ). From transcurrent faulting to frontal subduction: A seismotectonic...
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Toward Global Earthquake Early Warning with the MyShake Smartphone Seismic Network, Part 2: Understanding MyShake Performance around the World
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 27 May 2020
Seismological Research Letters (2020) 91 (4): 2218–2233.
... subduction‐zone events here are frequent; numerous M > 8.0 events are known to have occurred within the past century, many of which were responsible for a major loss of life and economic damage. Notable earthquakes include the 22 May 1960 M 9.5 near Valdivia, the largest recorded earthquake...
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The anatomy of a batholith: President's anniversary address 1977
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 April 1978
Journal of the Geological Society (1978) 135 (2): 157–182.
... plate margins Spec Pap geol Ass Can 1976 14 59 100 Stauder W. Subduction of Nazca plate under Peru as evidenced by focal mechanisms and by seismicity J geophys Res 1975 80 1053 64 Stewart J. W. Garcia, W. Geología de los cuadrángulos de Mollendo y la Joya Boln Serv geol...
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The case for persistent southwest-dipping Cretaceous convergence in the northeast Antilles: Geochemistry, melting models, and tectonic implications
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 July 2008
GSA Bulletin (2008) 120 (7-8): 1036–1052.
... plateau basalts are from Hauff et al. (2000) and Kerr et al. (2002) . Additional features identified as follows: AF—Anegada Fault; CT—Cayman Trough spreading center; GP—Gonive microplate; HS—Hispaniola microplate; LMT—Los Muertos Trench; MR—Mona rift; PR—Puerto Rico; PRT—Puerto Rico Trench; PR-VI...
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2018 Seismology of the Americas Meeting Announcement
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 January 2018
Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (1): 212–228.
... CAR, a complex series of strike‐slip and oblique‐slip faults extend from Puerto Rico across and around Hispaniola to join with the strike‐slip faults of the Cayman trough. These include what may be incipient northward subduction of CAR along the Muertos trough south of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico...
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Long-term earthquake prediction in Central America and Caribbean Sea based on the time- and magnitude-predictable model
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 01 August 1995
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1995) 85 (4): 1190–1201.
... fault system connected around its eastern seismogenic sources in the Aegean area. He proposed two end to the subduction zone of the Atlantic oceanic litho- formulas where the interevent time, as well as the magnitude sphere under the Lesser Antilles (Jordan, 1975; Heubeck and of the following mainshock...
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The Coastal Batholith of central Peru
Journal: Journal of the Geological Society
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 01 September 1972
Journal of the Geological Society (1972) 128 (5): 421–454.
... is probably of the order of 3000 m in the present area and the environment is the familiar one of the filling of a long narrow eugeosynclinal trough. The structure of this coastal strip is very simple, with beds dipping westward away from the batholith at angles between lO-2O ° and with only very gentle...
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Subduction zones and their hydrocarbon systems
Journal: Geosphere
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 14 August 2018
Geosphere (2018) 14 (5): 2044–2067.
... faults along which fluids can migrate. Some of the best studied seeps associated with petroleum basins within modern or fossil subduction zones include: offshore Paita, northwestern Peru ( Olu et al., 1996 ); Palawan Trough, South China Sea ( Zielinski et al., 2007 ); Cascadia margin, USA ( Ryu, 1995...
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