Lesser Antilles subduction zone
Convergent plate boundary along the eastern margin of the Lesser Antilles island arc
The Lesser Antilles subduction zone is a convergent plate boundary on the seafloor along the eastern margin of the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc. In this subduction zone, oceanic crust of the South American Plate is being subducted under the Caribbean Plate.
References
- Deep structure of an island arc backstop, Lesser Antilles subduction zone, Christeson et al, (2003) Journal of Geophysical Research, V.108, p.2327
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Major seismically active faults of North America
(crosses national borders)
- Aleutian Trench (US–RU)
- Basin and Range Province (US–MX)
- Canadian Arctic Rift System (CA–GL)
- Cascadia subduction zone (US–CA)
- Clarendon-Linden fault system (US–CA)
- Denali Fault (US–CA)
- Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province (CA–US)
- Puget Sound faults (US–CA)
- Rio Grande rift (US–MX)
- San Andreas Fault (US–MX)
- Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone (US–CA)
- Tintina Fault (US–CA)
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- Cayman Trough
- Chixoy-Polochic Fault
- Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone (Cuba)
- Gulf of California Rift Zone
- Lesser Antilles subduction zone
- Middle America Trench (Central America)
- Motagua Fault (Central America)
- Pedro Miguel Fault
- Puerto Rico Trench
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