Rotation and plate locking at the southern Cascadia subduction zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3117-3120

  McCaffrey, Robert ^a   Long, Maureen D ^b   Goldfinger, Chris ^c   Zwick, Peter C ^d   Nabelek, John L ^e   Johnson, Cheryl K ^b   Smith, Curt ^c,d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seafloor Surveys International   (United States)

^d National Geodetic Survey   (United States)

^e Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; FAULTING; POLES; ROTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

INVERSION APPROACH; PLATE LOCKING; ROTATION POLE;

GEOLOGY; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

DEFORMATION; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

BASIN AND RANGE; CASCADIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; OLYMPICS; SUBDUCTION THRUST; WASHINGTON STATE;

EID: 0033625918     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000gl011768     Document Type: Article

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