India and Sunda plates motion and deformation along their boundary in Myanmar determined by GPS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Socquet, Anne ^a,b   Vigny, Christophe ^a   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^a   Simons, Wim ^c   Rangin, Claude ^d   Ambrosius, Boudewijn ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GEODESY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MYANMAR; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 33745749343     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003877     Document Type: Article

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