Joint inversion of the kinematics and dynamics of the North American plate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 173-201

  Wang, Shimin ^a   Wang, Ren ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Finite element model; Joint inversion; Kinematics; North American plate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001614413     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00290-X     Document Type: Article

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