The motion of crustal blocks driven by flow of the lower lithosphere and implications for slip rates of continental strike-slip faults

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6668, 1998, Pages 655-659

  Bourne, S J ^a   England, P C ^a   Parsons, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOSPERE; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE SLIP FAULT;

EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032510151     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35556     Document Type: Review

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