Current deformation in the northern Canadian Cordillera inferred from GPS measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Leonard, Lucinda J ^a,b   Hyndman, Roy D ^a,b   Mazzotti, Stéphane ^a,b   Nykolaishen, Lisa ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^b   Hippchen, Sabine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMICITY;

ALASKA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; YAKUTAT BAY; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 38349100679     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005061     Document Type: Article

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