New kinematic models for Pacific-North America motion from 3 Ma to present, I: Evidence for steady motion and biases in the NUVEL-1A model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1921-1924

  DeMets, Charles ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; KINEMATIC MODEL; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC PLATES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STEADY MOTION;

KINEMATICS; TECTONICS;

KINEMATIC MODELS; PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA MOTION;

KINEMATICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 0032756918     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900405     Document Type: Article

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