GPS results from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Constraints on tectonic setting and rates of active faulting

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 385, Issue , 2005, Pages 13-30

  Jansma, Pamela E ^a   Mattioli, Glen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Extension; GPS geodesy; Microplate tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; CARIBBEAN; EXTENSION; LAND DEFORMATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROPLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEODESY; GPS; ISLAND ARC; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP; TECTONIC SETTING;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; PUERTO RICO; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 50649093026     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2385-X.13     Document Type: Article

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