Horizontal and vertical interseismic velocity fields in the vanuatu subduction zone from GPS measurements: Evidence for a central vanuatu locked zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Bergeot, N ^a,b   Bouin, M N ^c   Diament, M ^a   Pelletier, B ^d   Regnier M ^e   Calmant, S ^f   Ballu, V ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^c Service de l inventaire forestier et environnemental   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; GPS; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST; TRENCH;

VANUATU;

VANIKORO;

EID: 71149097160     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005249     Document Type: Article

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