Slow slip events in Mexico revised from the processing of 11 year GPS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Vergnolle, M ^a,b   Walpersdorf, A ^a   Kostoglodov, V ^c   Tregoning, P ^d   Santiago, J A ^c   Cotte, N ^a   Franco, S I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; GPS; SLIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77955532646     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006852     Document Type: Article

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