Current-day tectonic motion and intraplate deformation-strain field obtained from space geodesy in the Pacific plate

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 437-447

  Li, Yan Xing ^a   Zhang, Jing Hua ^a   He, Jian Kun ^b   Li, Jin Ling ^c   Li, Zhi ^d   Guo, Liang Qian ^a   Zhang, Zhong Fu ^a   Du, Xue Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d ACADEMY OF EQUIPMENT COMMAND AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic motion equation; Intraplate deformation; PCFC; Strain field; Two kinds of models

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEODETIC DATUM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPREADING CENTER; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TENSILE STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250692049     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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