Tide gauge records of uplift along the northern Pacific-North American plate boundary, 1937 to 2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Larsen, Christopher F ^a   Echelmeyer, Keith A ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a   Motyka, Roman J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska tectonics; Glacial isostasy; Postseismic; Sea level; Tide gauge; Uplift

Indexed keywords

GLACIOISOSTASY; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDE GAUGE; UPLIFT;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0042593400     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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