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The 12 Jan. 2010 Haiti Earthquake on the Caribbean-North America plate boundary

In response to the tragic earthquake that struck southern Haiti, we have made the following papers open access (free). These papers address the GPS measurement, seismicity and geology of the Caribbean and they are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Pubellier, M., A. Mauffret, S. Leroy, J. M. Vila, and H. Amilcar, 2000, Plate boundary readjustment in oblique convergence: Example of the Neogene of Hispaniola, Greater Antilles. Tectonics, v. 19, p. 630-648.
• Ten Brink, U. & Lin, J., 2004, Stress interaction between subduction earthquakes and forearc strike-slip faults: modeling and application to the northern Caribbean plate boundary, J. Geophys. Res., 109, 12310-12324, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003031.
• Prentice, C. S., Mann, P., Pea, L. R. & Burr, G., 2003, Slip rate and earthquake recurrence along the central Septentrional fault, North American-Caribbean plate boundary, Dominican Republic, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi: 10.129/2001JB000442.
• Calais, E., Y. Mazabraud, B. Mercier de Lepinay, P. Mann, G. Mattioli, and P. Jansma (2002), Strain partitioning and fault slip rates in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(18), 1856 doi:10.1029/2002GL015397.
• Mann, P., E. Calais, J. Ruegg, C. DeMets, P. E. Jansma, and G. S. Mattioli (2002), Oblique collision in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements and geological observations, Tectonics, 21(6), 1057, doi:10.1029/2001TC001304.
• DeMets, C., Jansma, P. E., Mattioli, G. S., Dixon, T. H., Farina, F., Bilham, R., Calais, E. & Mann, P., 2000, GPS geodetic constraints on Caribbean –North America plate motion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 437-440.
• Pollitz, F. F. & Dixon, T. H., 1998, GPS measurements across the northern Caribbean plate boundary zone: impact of postseismic relaxation following historic earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2233-2236.
• Russo, R. M. & Villasenor, A., 1995, The 1946 Hispaniola earthquakes and the tectonics of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary zone, northeastern Hispaniola, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 6265-6280.
• Mann, P.& Burke, K., 1984, Neotectonics of the Caribbean, Rev. Geophys., 22, 309-362.
• McCann, W. R., & Sykes, L. R., 1984, Subduction of aseismic ridges beneath the Caribbean plate: implications for the tectonics and seismic potential of the northeastern Caribbean, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 4493-4519.
• Stein, S., Engeln, J. F. & Wiens, D. A., 1982, Subduction seismicity and tectonics in the Lesser Antiles arc, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 8642-8664.

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