Geodetic observation of contemporary deformation in the northern Walker Lane: 1. Semipermanent GPS strategy

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 447, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-15

  Blewitt, Geoffrey ^a   Hammond, William C ^a   Kreemer, Corné ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS; Strain; Tectonics; Walker Lane

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAGNETS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

CENTRAL NEVADA SEISMIC BELTS; EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; INTERMITTENT TIME SERIES; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR SPACINGS; NORTHERN WALKER LANES; PACIFIC-NORTH AMERICA; WALKER LANE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEFORMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODESY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GPS; OUTCROP; PLATE BOUNDARY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 75449101149     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2447(01)     Document Type: Article

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