Contemporary crustal deformation in east Asia constrained by Global Positioning System measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B3, 2000, Pages 5721-5734

  Shen, Zheng Kang ^a   Zhao, Chengkun ^b   Yin, An ^a   Li, Yanxing ^b   Jackson, David D ^a   Fang, Peng ^c,e   Dong, Danan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Scripps Institution of Oceanography   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; TECTONICS;

(EAST); ASIA;

EID: 0034629455     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900391     Document Type: Article

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