Evidence for and implications of a Bering plate based on geodetic measurements from the Aleutians and western Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Cross, Ryan S ^a,b   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-ARC COLLISION; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449101465     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005136     Document Type: Article

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