Kinematics of the Nicaraguan forearc from GPS geodesy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Turner III, Henry L ^a   LaFemina, Peter ^b   Saballos, Armando ^c   Mattioli, Glen S ^a   Jansma, Pamela E ^a   Dixon, Timothy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOPHYSICS; KINEMATICS; TECTONICS;

EULER POLE; NICARAGUAN FOREARC; SLIVER MOTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

FOREARC BASIN; GEODESY; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; NICARAGUA;

EID: 34548036502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027586     Document Type: Article

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