Crustal deformation in the central and southern Ryukyu Arc estimated from GPS data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 389-398

  Nakamura, Mamoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc parallel extension; GPS; Okinawa Trough; Ryukyu arc

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; RIFTING;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 1642422741     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00604-6     Document Type: Article

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