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Science 2 October 1970:
Vol. 170. no. 3953, pp. 66 - 69
DOI: 10.1126/science.170.3953.66
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Boconó Fault, Venezuelan Andes: Evidence of Postglacial Movement

Carlos Schubert 1 and Ramón S. Sifontes 1

1 Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, and Ministerio de Minas e Hidrocarburos, Caracas, Venezuela

Postglacial, right-lateral, strike-slip movement along the Boconó fault, measured on detailed topographic maps, averages 66 meters. The rate of movement was approximately 0.66 centimeter per year, as indicated by carbon-14 dating of associated soil. This evidence suggests that postglacial movement between the Caribbean and Americas plates occurred mainly along the Boconó fault and the north coast of Venezuela.


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