Consistency of geologic and geodetic displacements during Andean orogenesis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Hindle, David ^a   Kley, Jonas ^b   Klosko, Eryn ^c   Stein, Seth ^c   Dixon, Timothy ^d   Norabuena, Edmundo ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY;

CONVERGENCE RATES; DEFORMING PLATE; DISPLACEMENT DIRECTION; GEODETIC DISPLACEMENT; GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE; GEOLOGICAL DATA; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 0037092355     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013757     Document Type: Article

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