Volume 23, Number 3, 218-234, DOI: 10.1007/BF01633913

Morphology of the Wadati-Benioff zone, andesitic volcanism, and active fracture zones in Central America

Václav Hanuš, Jiří Vaněk and M. Krs

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Abstract

The morphology of the Wadati-Benioff zone in the region of Central America, based on the distribution of 1377 earthquake foci, verified the existence of an intermediate aseismic gap and its relation to active andesitic volcanism, and the non-uniformity of subduction due to the hampering effect of the main structural features of the subducting Cocos plate. Four deep seismically active fracture zones, genetically connected with the process of subduction, and three fracture zones manifesting the possible boundary between the Americas and Caribbean plates were identified in the continental wedge.

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