Geodetic constraints on contemporary deformation in the northern Walker Lane: 3. Central Nevada seismic belt postseismic relaxation

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 447, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-54

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Earthquake; GPS; Seismic cycle; Slip rates

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

BASIN AND RANGE; CENTRAL NEVADA SEISMIC BELTS; COMPLEMENTARY CONSTRAINTS; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC CYCLE; SLIP RATES; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; LOWER CRUST; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 75449116908     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2447(03)     Document Type: Article

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