Precise GPS/Acoustic positioning of seafloor reference points for tectonic studies

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-112

  Spiess, Fred N ^a   Chadwell, C David ^a   Hildebrand, John A ^a   Young, Larry E ^b   Purcell Jr , George H ^b   Dragert, Herb ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic; GPS; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003103380     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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