Coseismic deformation of the 2002 Denali Fault earthquake: Insights from GPS measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^a,b   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^c   Mitchell, Jim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d The Crazy Mountains Joint Venture   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 33646354399     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003676     Document Type: Article

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