New GPS constraints on the motion of the Yakutat block

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3029-3032

  Fletcher, Hilary J ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FAULTS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; FAULT SLIPS;

BLOCK ROTATION; GPS; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

GPS DATA; GPS VELOCITIES; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC PLATES; SLIP RATES;

EID: 0033210721     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005346     Document Type: Article

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