Active deformation in eastern Indonesia and the Philippines from GPS and seismicity data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B1, 2000, Pages 663-680

  Kreemer, Corné ^a   Holt, William E ^a   Goes, Saskia ^b,c   Govers, Rob ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GPS; SEISMICITY;

INDONESIA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0034627631     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900356     Document Type: Article

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