Contemporary tectonic deformation of the Basin and Range province, western United States: 10 years of observation with the Global Positioning System

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Hammond, William C ^a   Thatcher, Wayne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Extension; Global positioning system; Plate boundary; Tectonic deformation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; PLATE MOTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044247893     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/2003JB002746     Document Type: Article

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