Kinematics of the North American-Caribbean-Cocos plates in Central America from new GPS measurements across the Polochic-Motagua fault system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Lyon Caen, H ^a   Barrier, E ^a,b   Lasserre, C ^a   Franco, A ^a   Arzu, I ^c   Chiquin, L ^d   Chiquin, M ^d   Duquesnoy, T ^e   Flores, O ^d   Galicia, O ^f,j   Luna, J ^d   Molina, E ^g   Porras, O ^g   Requena, J ^d   Robles, V ^h,k   Romero, J ^i,l   Wolf, R ^f,j  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^e INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^f Coordinadora Nacional Para la Reducción de Desastres ^*  (Guatemala)

^g Vulcanologia Meteorologia y Hidrologia   (Guatemala)

^h Instituto Geografico Nacional   (Guatemala)

ⁱ Geologia Ambiental and Economia   (Guatemala)

^j Ministerio Energia y Minas ^*  (Guatemala)

^k Instituto Geographico Nacional   (Guatemala)

^l Geologia Ambiental and Economia C/o   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; KINEMATICS; ROCKS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CARIBBEAN (CA) PLATES; MOTAGUA FAULT; POLOCHIC-MOTAGUA FAULT SYSTEM;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; GPS; KINEMATICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 34047213536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027694     Document Type: Article

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