Strain rates and contemporary deformation in the Snake River Plain and surrounding Basin and Range from GPS and seismicity

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 647-650

  Payne, Suzette J ^a   McCaffrey, Robert ^b   King, Robert W ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Continental extension; GPS; Snake River Plain; Strain rates; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; CONTINENTAL EXTENSION; GPS; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; STRAIN RATES; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); NEON; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRAIN RATE;

DEFORMATION; GPS; HOT SPOT; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50349084803     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25039A.1     Document Type: Article

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