How rigid is the stable interior of the North American plate?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3035-3038

  Dixon, Timothy H ^a   Mao, Ailin ^a   Stein, Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; SEISMIC ZONES; STABLE INTERIOR;

TECTONICS; EARTH SCIENCES;

GPS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE RIGIDITY; PLATE TECTONICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EULER VECTOR; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS; POST GLACIAL REBOUND; RIGID PLATE; SINGLE PLATES; UPPER BOUND;

EID: 0030265366     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02820     Document Type: Article

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