Block kinematics of the Pacific-North America plate boundary in the southwestern United States from inversion of GPS, seismological, and geologic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-27

  McCaffrey, Robert ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444525718     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003307     Document Type: Article

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