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TECTONOPHYSICS
卷 368, 期 1-4, 页码 211-227出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00159-8
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faults; neotectonics; Panama; seismic reflection
High-resolution seismic reflection profiles from Limon Bay, Republic of Panama, were acquired as part of a seismic hazard investigation of the northern Panama Canal region. The seismic profiles image gently west and northwest dipping strata of upper Miocene Gatun Formation, unconformably overlain by a thin ( < 20 m) sequence of Holocene muds. Numerous faults, which have northeast trends where they can be correlated between seismic profiles, break the upper Miocene strata. Some of the faults have normal displacement, but on many faults, the amount and type of displacement cannot be determined. The age of displacement is constrained to be Late Miocene or younger, and regional geologic considerations suggest Pliocene movement. The faults may be part of a more extensive set of north- to northeast-trending faults and fractures in the canal region of central Panama. Low topography and the faults in the canal area may be the result of the modem regional stress field, bending of the Isthmus of Panama, shearing in eastern Panama, or minor deformation of the Panama Block above the Caribbean subduction zone. For seismic hazard analysis of the northern canal area, these faults led us to include a source zone of shallow faults proximal to northern canal facilities. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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