Plate boundary segmentation in the northeastern Caribbean from geodetic measurements and Neogene geological observations
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Oblique collision in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements and geological observations
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عنوان ژورنال: Comptes Rendus Geoscience
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1631-0713
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2015.10.007