Tectonics and evolution of the Juan Fernandez microplate at the Pacific-Nazca-Antarctic triple junction

• Main Authors: Anderson-Fontana, S., Larson, R. L., Engein, J. F., Lundgren, P., Stein, S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: 46; Antarctic; Pacific; Fernandez; East Ridge; West Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19860042057

Magnetic and bathymetric profiles derived from the R/V Endeavor survey and focal mechanism studies for earthquakes on two of the Juan Fernandez microplate boundaries are analyzed. It is observed that the Nazca-Juan Fernandez pole is in the northern end of the microplate since the magnetic lineation...