Kinematics of the Pacific-North America plate boundary zone, northern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7419-7441

  Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Murray, Mark H ^a,c   Segall, Paul ^a   Castillo, David ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033541447     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900118     Document Type: Article

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