Bounds on the width of mantle lithosphere flow derived from surface geodetic measurements: Application to the central Southern Alps, New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 403-417

  Ellis, S ^a   Beavan, J ^a   Eberhart Phillips, D ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Geodesy; GPS; Mantle; Southern Alps; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRAIN RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33745634119     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02918.x     Document Type: Article

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