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HOLOCENE, INNER FOREARC DEFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO SEAMOUNT SUBDUCTION, PENINSULA DE NICOYA, PACIFIC COAST, COSTA RICA

Gardner, T. W.; Marshall, J.; Merritts, D.; Bee, B.; Burgette, R.; Burton, E.; Cooke, J.; Kehrwald, N.; Protti, Marino (The Geological Society of America, 1999)

Along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, nearly orthogonal convergence occurs at the rapid rate of ~10cm/yr as the Cocos Plate subducts beneath the Caribbean plate at the Middle America Trench. The rough/smooth boundary on ...