Rapid deformation rates along the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, from first GPS measurements with implications for earthquake hazard

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 567-570

  Martinez, Linda J ^a,b   Meertens, Charles M ^a,c,d   Smith, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Connecticut   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS; CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOPHYSICS; HAZARDS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONES;

SEISMOLOGY; FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; GPS;

USA, UTAH;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PRESSURE-SOLUTION CREEP;

EID: 0032004664     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00090     Document Type: Article

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