Contemporary vertical velocity of the central Basin and Range and uplift of the southern Sierra Nevada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Fay, Noah P ^a   Bennett, Richard A ^a   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FORESTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

BASIN AND RANGES; DATA SETS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LOWER CRUSTS; MOJAVE DESERTS; REFERENCE FRAMES; SEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; SIERRA NEVADA; UPPER MANTLE VISCOSITIES; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249089481     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034949     Document Type: Article

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