Postseismic strain following the Loma Prieta earthquake from repeated GPS measurements

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1550 D, 1997, Pages

  Bürgmann, Roland ^a   Segall, Paul ^b   Lisowski, Mike ^c   Svarc, Jerry L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GPS; LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 1989; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; STRAIN;

EID: 0031544753     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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