Constraints on present-day plate motions south of 30°S from satellite altimetry

Tectonophysics

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 167-208

  Spitzak, Sharon ^b   DeMets, Charles ^a,b  

^a UW Madison ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; FAULT AZIMUTH; GEOSAT; GRAVITY ANOMALY; PLATE KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; PLATE MOTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASAT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 0029752743     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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