Preliminary results from a GPS geodetic network in the southern Illinois basin

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 762-775

  Hamburger, Michael W ^a   Rybakov, Vladimir ^a   Lowry, Anthony ^a,c   Shen Tu, Bingming ^a   Rupp, John A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS; RANDOM ERRORS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TECTONICS;

GEODETIC NETWORKS; GEOPHYSICAL LINEAMENTS; GPS MEASUREMENTS; HORIZONTAL MOTION; MEASUREMENT INTERVAL; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; PALEOSEISMIC EVIDENCE; SINISTRAL SHEAR;

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EID: 21344431948     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.73.5.762     Document Type: Article

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