Continuous GPS measurements of contemporary deformation across the northern Basin and Range province

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-566

  Bennett, R A ^a   Wernicke, B P ^b   Davis, J L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; GEODESY; TECTONICS;

ABRUPT TRANSITION; CENTRAL NEVADA SEISMIC BELTS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GPS MEASUREMENTS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; POSITION ESTIMATES; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC BELTS;

DEFORMATION; GPS;

USA, BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE;

EID: 0032004406     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00128     Document Type: Article

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