Identification and tectonic implications of a tear in the South American plate at the southern end of the Lesser Antilles

Physics & Astronomy

• Lesser Antilles 100%
• tectonics 70%
• lithosphere 70%
• detachment 24%
• Venezuela 19%
• slabs 19%
• continents 17%
• dipping 14%
• crude oil 13%
• slip 9%
• industries 9%
• receivers 9%
• arcs 9%
• inversions 9%
• collisions 7%
• propagation 6%
• cross sections 6%
• geometry 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• lithosphere 40%
• tectonics 29%
• transform 26%
• South America 20%
• slab 19%
• arc-continent collision 15%
• Caribbean plate 15%
• dip-slip fault 14%
• petroleum industry 12%
• seismic velocity 12%
• rifting 10%
• seismicity 10%
• seismic data 9%
• cross section 9%
• inversion 7%
• geometry 7%
• transition 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Slab Like Crystal 50%
• Plate Like Crystal 35%
• Petroleum Industry 30%
• Collision 22%
• Velocity 18%