Global Positioning System constraints on fault slip rates in southern California and northern Baja, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue B10, 1996, Pages 21943-21960

  Bennett, Richard A ^a,b   Rodi, William ^a   Reilinger, Robert E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030438166     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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