Evidence for a post-3.16-Ma change in Nubia-Eurasia-North America plate motions?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Calais, E ^a   DeMets, C ^b   Nocquet, J M ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eurasia; GPS; North America; Nubia; Plate motions

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GPS; MODELING; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

EID: 0242497602     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00482-5     Document Type: Article

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