Evidence for long-term diffuse deformation of the lithosphere of the equatorial Indian Ocean

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6700, 1998, Pages 370-374

  Gordon, Richard G ^a   DeMets, Charles ^b   Royer, Jean Yves ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; OCEAN BASIN; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; DEFORMITY; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; INDIAN OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032563791     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26463     Document Type: Article

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