Crustal deformation in Thailand and tectonics of Indochina peninsula as seen from GPS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Iwakuni, Makiko ^a   Kato, Teruyuki ^a   Takiguchi, Hiroshi ^b   Nakaegawa, Toshiyuki ^c   Satomura, Mikio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; TECTONICS;

DIFFERENTIAL MOTION; SUNDA BLOCK;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; PLATE MOTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 4143070361     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020347     Document Type: Article

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