Deformation across the Pacific-North America plate boundary near San Francisco, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6673-6682

  Prescott, William H ^a   Savage, James C ^a   Svarc, Jerry L ^a   Manaker, David ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034959531     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900397     Document Type: Article

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