Deformation kinematics in the western United States determined from Quaternary fault slip rates and recent geodetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B12, 1999, Pages 28927-28955

  Shen Tu, Bingming ^a   Holt, William E ^a   Haines, A J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; KINEMATICS; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033544982     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900293     Document Type: Article

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