The Cocos Ridge drives collision of Panama with northwestern South America

Keyphrases

• Panama 100%
• Northwestern South America 100%
• Cocos Ridge 100%
• Forearc 40%
• Caribbean 30%
• Subduction 20%
• Central America 20%
• Back-arc 20%
• Directed Motion 20%
• Western Caribbean 20%
• Ridge Collision 20%
• Paleogeographic Reconstruction 10%
• Miocene-Pliocene 10%
• Peninsula 10%
• CoCos 10%
• Volcanism 10%
• Fold-and-thrust Belt 10%
• Upper Plate Deformation 10%
• Nazca 10%
• Geodynamics 10%
• Costa Rica 10%
• Geodynamic Model 10%
• Aseismic 10%
• Geophysical Data 10%
• Volcanic Arc 10%
• Oblique Convergence 10%
• Complex Deformation 10%
• Data Reconstruction 10%
• Seamount 10%
• Late Miocene-Pliocene 10%
• Middle America Trench 10%
• Cordillera De Talamanca 10%
• Southwestern Caribbean 10%
• Nicoya Peninsula 10%
• Panamanian Isthmus 10%
• 3D Velocity Field 10%
• Main Drivers 10%
• Oligocene-Miocene 10%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• South America 100%
• Panama 100%
• Caribbean 60%
• Miocene 30%
• Pliocene 20%
• Peninsula 20%
• Geodynamics 20%
• Oligocene 10%
• Pleistocene 10%
• Trench 10%
• Volcanism 10%
• Americas 10%
• Velocity Distribution 10%
• Fold and Thrust Belt 10%
• Isthmus 10%
• Costa Rica 10%
• Volcanic Arc 10%
• Seamount 10%
• Global Positioning System 10%