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Costa
Rica Field Studies Program Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica -
Geomorphology & Tectonics NSF MARGINS Program Research Experience for
Undergraduates (REU) Director: Dr. Jeff Marshall Cal Poly Pomona Geological
Sciences Department Reading List
Overview: Middle America Convergent Margin Geomorphology &
Tectonics Marshall, J.S., 2007, Geomorphology and physiographic
provinces of Central America (Chapter 3): in
Bundschuh, J. and Alvarado, G., eds., Central America:
Geology, Resources, and Hazards, Taylor and Francis, London, p. 75-122. Ranero, C.R., von Huene,
R., Weinrebe, W., and Barckhausen,
U., 2007, Convergent margin tectonics of Central America: A marine
perspective (Chapter 9): in Bundschuh, J. and Alvarado, G., eds.,
Central America: Geology, Resources,
and Hazards, Taylor and Francis, London, p. 239-265. Costa Rica Pacific Margin: Structure & Tectonics Gardner, T.W., Verdonck, D.,
Pinter, N.M., Slingerland, R., Furlong, K.P.,
Bullard, T.F., and Wells, S.G., 1992, Quaternary uplift astride the aseismic Cocos Ridge, Pacific
coast, Costa Rica: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 104, p.
219-232. Fisher, D.M., Gardner, T.W., Marshall, J.S., Sak, P.B., and Protti, M.,
1998, Effect of subducting sea-floor roughness on
fore-arc kinematics, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: Geology, v. 26, p. 467-470. von Huene,
R., Ranero, C., Weinrebe,
W., and Hinz, K., 2000, Quaternary convergent
margin tectonics of Costa Rica: Segmentation of the Cocos
Plate and Central American volcanism: Tectonics, v.19, p. 314-334. Barckhausen, U., Ranero,
C.R., von Huene, R., Cande,
S.C., and Roeser, H.A., 2001, Revised tectonic
boundaries in the Cocos Plate off Costa Rica:
Implications for the segmentation of the convergent margin and for plate
tectonic models: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 106, p.
19,207–19,220. Marshall, J.S., Fisher, D.M., and Gardner, T.W., 2000,
Central Costa Rica deformed belt: Kinematics of diffuse faulting across the
western Panama block, Tectonics, v. 19, p. 468-492. Marshall, J.S., Gardner, T.W., Fisher, D.M., Sak, P.B., and Protti, M.,
2001, Quaternary neotectonics of the Costa Rican
coastal fore arc: Field Guide for National Science Foundation MARGINS Program
Workshop on Central American Tectonics, Heredia, Costa Rica, July 2001, 62 p. Marshall, J.S., Idleman, B.D.,
Gardner, T.W., and Fisher, D.M., 2003, Landscape evolution within a
retreating volcanic arc, Costa Rica, Central America: Geology, v. 31, p.
419-422. Sak, P.B., Fisher, D.M., Gardner,
T.W., Marshall, J.S., and LaFemina, P.C., 2009, Rough
crust subduction, forearc
kinematics, and Quaternary uplift rates, Costa Rican segment of the Middle
American Trench:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 121, no.
7/8, p. 992–1012; doi: 10.1130/B26237.1. Nicoya Peninsula: Margin Wedge Accretion vs. Subduction
Erosion Shipley, T.H., McIntosh, K.D., Silver, E.A. and Stoffa, P.L., 1992, Three-dimensional seismic imaging of
the Costa Rica accretionary prism: Structural
diversity in a small volume of the lower slope: Journal of Geophysical
Research, v. 97, p. 4439–4459. Vanucchi, P., Scholl, D.W., Meschede, M., and McDougall-Reid, K., 2001, Tectonic
erosion and consequent collapse of the Pacific margin of Costa Rica: Combined
implications from ODP Leg 170, seismic offshore data, and regional geology of
the Nicoya Peninsula: Tectonics, v. 20, p. 649–668. Ranero, C. and von Huene,
R., 2000, Subduction erosion along the Middle
America convergent margin: Nature, v. 404, p. 748–752. von Huene,
R., Ranero, C.R., and Vannucchi,
P., 2004, A generic model of subduction erosion,
Geology, v. 32, doi:10.1130/G20563.1, p. 913–916. Nicoya Peninsula: Forearc Geology, Stratigraphy, & Tectonics Lundberg, N., 1982, Evolution of the slope landward of the
Middle America Trench, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, in Legget, J. K., ed., Trench-forearc geology: Geological Society of London Special
Publication 10, p. 131-147. Lundberg, N., 1983, Development of forearcs
of intraoceanic subduction
zones: Tectonics, v. 2, p. 51-61. Lundberg, N., 1991, Detrital
record of the early Central American magmatic arc: Petrography of intraoceanic forearc
sandstones, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: Geological Society of America
Bulletin, v.103, p. 905-915. Calvo, C., 2003, Provenance of plutonic
detritus in cover sandstones of Nicoya Complex, Costa Rica: Cretaceous unroofing history of a Mesozoic ophiolite
sequence: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 115, p. 832-844. Denyer, P., and Baumgartner, P.O., 2006,
Emplacement of Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous radiolarites
of the Nicoya Complex (Costa Rica): Geologica Acta, v. 4, p. 203-218. Denyer, P., Baumgartner, P.O., and Gazel, E., 2006, Characterization and tectonic
implications of Mesozoic-Cenozoic oceanic assemblages of Costa Rica and
Western Panama: Geologica Acta,
v. 4, p. 219-235. Nicoya Peninsula: Geomorphology & Neotectonics Hare, P.W., and Gardner, T.W., 1985, Geomorphic indicators
of vertical neotectonism along converging plate
margins, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, in
Morisawa, M., and Hack, J.T., eds., Tectonic geomorphology: Proceedings of the 15th
Geomorphology Symposia Series, Binghamton, p. 76-104. Marshall, J.S., and Anderson, R.S., 1995, Quaternary
uplift and seismic cycle deformation, Pen’nsula de
Nicoya, Costa Rica: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, p.
463-473. Gardner, T.W., Marshall, J.S., Merritts,
D.J., Protti, M., Bee, B., Burgette,
R., Burton, E., Cooke, J., Kehrwald, N., Fisher,
D., and Sak, P., 2001, Holocene fore arc block
rotation in response to seamount subduction,
southeastern Pen’nsula de Nicoya, Costa Rica:
Geology, v. 29, p. 151-154. Marshall, J.S., LaFromboise,
E.J., Gardner, T.W., and Protti, M., 2007,
Segmented forearc deformation along the Nicoya
Peninsula seismic gap, Costa Rica: Eos, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, v. 88. Marshall, J.S., 2008, Megathrust
earthquakes, coastal uplift, and emergent marine terraces of Costa RicaÕs
Nicoya Peninsula, in Bierman, P. and Montgomery, D., eds.,
Key Concepts in Geomorphology, Online Vignettes, [web site]: Science
Education Resource Center, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota: http://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/collection/25559.html Marshall, J.S., Gardner, T.W., Protti,
M., and Nourse, J.A., 2009, International
geosciences Þeld research with undergraduate
students: Three models for experiential learning projects investigating
active tectonics of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, in Whitmeyer,
S.J., Mogk, D.W., and Pyle, E.J., eds., Field Geology Education: Historical Perspectives and
Modern Approaches: Geological Society of America Special Paper 461, p. 77-98,
doi: 10.1130/2009.2461(08). Nicoya Peninsula: Subduction Earthquakes
& Seismogenic Zone Structure Protti, M., Gonzalez, V.,
Schwartz, S., Dixon, T., Kato, T., Kaneda, Y., Simila, G., Sampson, D., 2007, Seismic and Geodetic
Monitoring of the Nicoya, Costa Rica, Seismic Gap: Eos Transactions American
Geophysical Union, v. 88, Abstract U54B-06. Ramirez, C., LaFromboise,
E., Simila, G., McNally, K., Quintero, R., 2007,
Seismic strong motion array project (SSMAP) to record future large
earthquakes in the Nicoya Peninsula area, Costa Rica: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, Abs. 31-1. Newman, A.V., Schwartz, S.Y., Gonzales, V., DeShon, H.R., Protti, J.M., and
Dorman, L., 2002. Along strike variability in the seismogenic
zone below Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 29,
doi:10.1029/2002GL015409. DeShon, H.R., Schwartz, S.Y., Newman,
A.V., Gonz‡lez, V., Protti,
M., Dorman, L.M. and Dixon, T.H., Sampson, D.E., and Flueh,
E.R., 2006, Seismogenic zone structure beneath the
Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, from three-dimensional local earthquake P- and
S-wave tomography: Geophysical Journal International, v. 164, p.
109–124. Schwartz, S.Y. and DeShon,
H.R., 2007, Distinct Up-dip Limits to Geodetic Locking and Microseismicity at the Northern Costa Rica Seismogenic Zone: Evidence for Two Mechanical
Transitions, in Dixon, T. and Moore, J.C., eds., The Seismogenic
Zone of Subduction
Thrust Faults, Columbia University Press, New York, p. 576-599. Protti, M., McNally, K., Pacheco, J,
Gonzales, V., Montero, C., Segura, J., Brenes, J., Barboza, V., Malavassi, E., GŸendel, F., Simila, G., Rojas,
D., Velasco, A., Mata, A., and Schillinger, W.,
1995, The March 25, 1990 (Mw = 7.0, ML = 6.8) earthquake at the entrace of the Nicoya Gulf, Costa Rica: Its prior
activity, foreshocks, aftershocks, and triggered seismicity: Journal of
Geophysical Research, v.100, p. 20,345– 20,358. Husen, S., Kissling,
E., and Quintero, R., 2002, Tomographic evidence
for a subducted seamount beneath the Gulf of
Nicoya, Costa Rica: The cause of the 1990 Mw 5 7.0 Gulf of Nicoya earthquake:
Geophysical Research Letters, v. 29, doi:
10.1029/2001GL014045. Bilek, S.L., Schwartz,
S.Y., and DeShon, H.R., 2003, Control of seafloor
roughness on earthquake rupture behavior: Geology, v. 31, p. 455-458. Nicoya Peninsula: GPS Geodesy & Plate Coupling Lundgren, P., Protti, M., Donnellan, A., Heflin, M., Hernandez, E., and Jefferson,
D., 1999, Seismic cycle and plate margin deformation in Costa Rica: GPS
observations from 1994 to 1997: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 104, p.
28,915–28,926. Iinuma, T., Protti,
M., Obana, K., Gonz‡lez,
V., Van der Laat, R.,
Kato, T., Miyazakia, S., Kaneda,
Y., Hern‡ndez, E., 2004, Inter-plate coupling in
the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, as deduced from a trans-peninsula GPS
experiment: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 223, p. 203–212. Norabuena, E., Dixon, T.H., Schwartz, S., DeShon, H., Newman, A., Protti,
A., Gonz‡lez, V., Dorman, L., Flueh,
E.R., Lundgren, P., Pollitz, F., and Sampson, D.,
2004, Geodetic and seismic constraints on some seismogenic
zone processes in Costa Rica: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109,
B11403, doi:10.1029/2003JB002931. Outerbridge, K.C., Dixon, T.H., Schwartz,
S.Y., Walter, J.I., Protti, M., Gonzalez, V.,
Biggs, J., Thorwart, M., and Rabbel,
W., 2010, A tremor and slip event on the Cocos-Caribbean
subduction zone as measured by a global positioning
system (GPS) and seismic network on the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica: Journal
of Geophysical Research, v. 115, B10408, doi:10.1029/2009JB006845.
Feng, L., Newman, A.V., Protti, M., Gonz‡lez, V.,
Jiang, Y., and Dixon, T.H., 2012, Active deformation near the Nicoya
Peninsula, northwestern Costa Rica, between 1996 and 2010: Interseismic megathrust
coupling: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, B06407, doi:10.1029/2012JB009230. Nicoya Peninsula: Subduction Zone Thermal
Structure & Fluid Flow Fisher, A.T., Stein, C.A., Harris, R.N., Wang, K., Silver,
E.A., Pfender, M., Hutnak,
M., Cherkaoui, A., Bodzin,
R. and Villinger, H., 2003, Abrupt thermal
transition reveals hydrothermal boundary and role of seamounts within the Cocos Plate: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 30, 1550,
doi:10.1029/2002GL016766. Spinelli, G.A. and Saffer,
D., 2004, Along-strike variations in underthrust
sediment dewatering on the Nicoya margin, Costa Rica related to the updip limit of seismicity: Geophysical Research Letters,
v. 31, 4613, doi:10.1029/2003GL018863. Spinelli, G.A. and Underwood, M.B., 2004,
Characterization of sediment entering the Costa Rica subduction
zone: Implications for fluid partitioning along the Nicoya Peninsula plate
interface: Island Arc, v. 3, p. 432–451. Brown, K.M., Tryon, M.D., DeShon,
H.R., Dorman, L.M., Schwartz, S.Y., 2005, Correlated transient fluid pulsing
and seismic tremor in the Costa Rica subduction
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