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A Strong‐Motion Database of Costa Rica: 20 Yr of Digital Records
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 09 September 2020
Seismological Research Letters (2020) 91 (6): 3407–3416.
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Seismic anisotropy in southern Costa Rica confirms upper mantle flow from the Pacific to the Caribbean
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 04 September 2020
Geology (2021) 49 (1): 8–12.
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Collision of the Caribbean Large Igneous Province with the Americas: Earliest evidence from the forearc of Costa Rica
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 20 March 2019
GSA Bulletin (2019) 131 (9-10): 1555–1580.
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A balancing act of crust creation and destruction along the western Mexican convergent margin
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 22 March 2018
Geology (2018) 46 (5): 455–458.
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Pleistocene vertical motions of the Costa Rican outer forearc from subducting topography and a migrating fracture zone triple junction
Journal: Geosphere
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 16 February 2018
Geosphere (2018) 14 (2): 510–534.
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The National Seismological Network of Costa Rica (RSN): An Overview and Recent Developments
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 14 February 2018
Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (2A): 392–398.
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Toward an Earthquake and Tsunami Monitoring and Early Warning System for Nicaragua and Central America
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 14 February 2018
Seismological Research Letters (2018) 89 (2A): 399–406.
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A geologic recipe for transient slip within the seismogenic zone: Insight from the Guerrero seismic gap, Mexico
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 16 November 2017
Geology (2018) 46 (1): 35–38.
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Impact of Cocos Ridge (Central America) subduction on the forearc drainage system
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 04 August 2017
Geology (2017) 45 (10): 907–910.
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Aftershocks of the 2012 M w 7.6 Nicoya, Costa Rica, Earthquake and Mechanics of the Plate Interface
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 02 May 2017
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2017) 107 (3): 1227–1239.
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Apatite in the dike-gabbro transition zone of mid-ocean ridge: Evidence for brine assimilation by axial melt lens
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 March 2017
American Mineralogist (2017) 102 (3): 558–570.
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Updated Tsunami Catalog for the Jalisco‐Colima Coast, Mexico, Using Data from Historical Archives
Journal: Seismological Research Letters
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 07 December 2016
Seismological Research Letters (2017) 88 (1): 144–158.
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Petrogenesis of antecryst-bearing arc basalts from the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt: Insights into along-arc variations in magma-mush ponding depths, H 2 O contents, and surface heat flux
Journal: American Mineralogist
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Published: 01 November 2016
American Mineralogist (2016) 101 (11): 2405–2422.
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The future of Earth's oceans: consequences of subduction initiation in the Atlantic and implications for supercontinent formation
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03 October 2016
Geological Magazine (2018) 155 (1): 45–58.
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Attenuation of Coda Waves in Western Mexico Using Local Seismicity
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 27 September 2016
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2016) 106 (6): 2545–2557.
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Geometry of the Rivera–Cocos Subduction Zone Inferred from Local Seismicity
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 10 November 2015
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2015) 105 (6): 3104–3113.
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Intraslab versus Interplate Earthquakes as Recorded in Mexico City: Implications for Seismic Hazard
Journal: Earthquake Spectra
Publisher: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Published: 01 May 2015
Earthquake Spectra (2015) 31 (2): 795–812.
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Scaling Relationships of Source Parameters of M w 6.9–8.1 Earthquakes in the Cocos–Rivera–North American Subduction Zone
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Published: 25 March 2014
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2014) 104 (2): 840–854.
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Experimental evidence linking slip instability with seafloor lithology and topography at the Costa Rica convergent margin
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 August 2013
Geology (2013) 41 (8): 891–894.
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Active thrusting, landscape evolution, and late Pleistocene sector collapse of Barú Volcano above the Cocos-Nazca slab tear, southern Central America
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 July 2013
GSA Bulletin (2013) 125 (7-8): 1301–1318.
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