Deformation of Mexico from continuous GPS from 1993 to 2008

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Marquez Azua, B ^a   DeMets, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949088269     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002278     Document Type: Article

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