New kinematic models for Pacific-North America motion from 3 MA to present, II: Evidence for a "Baja California shear zone"

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 3961-3964

  Dixon, Timothy ^a   Farina, Fred ^a   DeMets, Charles ^b   Suarez Vidal, Francisco ^c   Fletcher, John ^c   Marquez Azua, Bertha ^d   Miller, Meghan ^e   Sanchez, Osvaldo ^f   Umhoefer, Paul ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^e CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; COASTAL ENGINEERING; TECTONICS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SHEAR ZONE; FAULTS; MIOCENE; ON SHORE FAULTS; PACIFIC NORTH AMERICA MOTION; VISCOELASTIC LOWER CRUST;

TECTONICS; FAULTING;

KINEMATICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; SHEAR ZONE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; COASTAL SITES; GEOLOGICAL MODELING; KINEMATIC MODEL; PACIFIC PLATES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; SPREADING RATE; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS;

EID: 0034480792     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL008529     Document Type: Article

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