Relation of ongoing deformation rates to the subduction zone process in southern Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2853-2856

  Sauber, Jeanne ^a   McClusky, Simon ^b   King, Robert ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS;

SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS; TECTONIC FAULTS;

TECTONICS; FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; GPS; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS;

USA, ALASKA;

AVERAGE RATE; COMPRESSIONAL STRAIN; DEFORMATION RATES; GLOBAL POSITIONING; GULF OF ALASKA; OVERALL RATE; PACIFIC PLATES; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

EID: 0031277814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52979     Document Type: Article

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