Current plate motions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 425-478

  DeMets, C ^a   Gordon, R G ^b   Argus, D F ^b   Stein, S ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake slip vectors; plate tectonics; seafloor spreading; transform faults.

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SLIP VECTOR; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 0025207077     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb06579.x     Document Type: Article

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