Internal deformation of the Gorda Plate observed by hydroacoustic monitoring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B8, 1999, Pages 17603-17615

  Fox, Christopher G ^a   Dziak, Robert P ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033454712     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900104     Document Type: Article

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