Open AccessReply [to “Comment on ‘Discussions of ODP Leg 205 and drilling of Middle America seismogenic zone’”]
Author(s) -
Huene Roland
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2003eo320006
Subject(s) - drilling , geology , fault (geology) , scientific drilling , transect , seismology , deep sea , thrust , paleontology , oceanography , engineering , aerospace engineering , mechanical engineering
J.N. Murdock' comments regarding our International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) proposal to penetrate the seismogenic zone in Costa Rica seem to state the following? The plate interface along the Deep Sea Drilling Program (DSDP) drilling transect off Guatemala must be a blind thrust fault; plate convergence may be only 2–3 km in the past 1 m.y.; and our proposed drilling fails to address the most important current scientific issues.