Plate motion at the ridge-transform boundary of the south Cleft segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge from GPS-Acoustic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Chadwell, C David ^a   Spiess, Fred N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; GPS; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 45149131584     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004936     Document Type: Article

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