Strain partitioning and fault slip rates in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Calais, Eric ^a   Mazabraud, Yves ^b   Mercier De Lépinay, Bernard ^b   Mann, Paul ^c   Mattioli, Glen ^d   Jansma, Pamela ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FAULT-SLIP RATES; GPS DATA; GPS MEASUREMENTS; NORTH AMERICAN; SLIP RATES; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0242501556     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015397     Document Type: Article

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