Recent tectonic movements of the Costa Rican Pacific coast |
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| Authors: | Rudolf Fischer |
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| Institution: | Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Universität Hannover, Hannover, F.R. Germany |
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| Abstract: | An analysis of the bioerosional morphology of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica (Central America) indicates a recent uplifting of this coast. The uplift produces a framework of blocks, bordered by NE-SW-striking faults. The blocks were elevated to different heights, 1–2 m above their original position. The elevation ocurred in recent times. The coastal sector with uplifting tendency corresponds to the western border of an outer arc. Between this arc and an inner arc, a small zone of subsidence with drowned bioerosional morphologies can be observed. |
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