Relative motions of the Pacific, Rivera, North American, and Cocos plates since 0.78 Ma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 2789-2806

  DeMets, Charles ^a   Wilson, Douglas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1,2 Diphenylethane; Dibenzyl sulphone; Electron impact induced fragmentation

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURE ZONES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

PACIFIC, (EAST);

EID: 0030752151     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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