Crustal deformation and the seismic cycle across the Kodiak Islands, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Sauber, Jeanne ^a   Carver, Gary ^b   Cohen, Steven ^a   King, Robert ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY;

ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645468596     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003626     Document Type: Article

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