Tectonic implications of a dense continuous GPS velocity field at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Wernicke, Brian ^a   Davis, James L ^b   Bennett, Richard A ^b,c   Normandeau, James E ^b,d   Friedrich, Anke M ^a,e   Niemi, Nathan A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d University of Connecticut   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Tectonics; Yucca Mountain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GPS; REPOSITORY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 14244261152     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002832     Document Type: Article

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