Determination of Euler pole for contemporary relative motion of Caribbean and North American plates using slip vectors of interplate earthquakes

Tectonics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 39-53

  Deng, Jishu ^a   Sykes, Lynn R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; EARTHQUAKE DATA; EULER POLE; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE MOTION; RELATIVE PLATE MOTION; SLIP VECTOR;

CARIBBEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0028794196     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/94TC02547     Document Type: Article

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