Global Positioning System constraints on fault slip rates in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 3073-3076

  Bennett, R A ^a   Wernicke, B P ^b   Davis, J L ^a   Elosegui P ^a,c   Snow, J K ^b   Abolins, M J ^b   House, M A ^b   Stirewalt, G L ^d   Ferrill, D A ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Campus UAB   (Spain)

^d Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; LANDFORMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SHEAR FLOW; TRACKING (POSITION); WASTE DISPOSAL;

FAULT SLIP RATES; QUATERNARY FAULTS;

TECTONICS; FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP RATE; GPS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, DEATH VALLEY; USA, NEVADA, YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EASTERN CALIFORNIA; FAULT-SLIP RATES; GLOBAL POSITIONING; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

EID: 0031411668     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02951     Document Type: Article

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