Geodetic observations of active intraplate crustal deformation in the Wabash Valley seismic zone and the southern Illinois basin

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-714

  Galgana, Gerald A ^a,b   Hamburger, Michael W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; ILLINOIS; ON-LINE MATERIALS; PRINCIPAL STRAIN; SEISMIC ZONES; VELOCITY VECTORS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77957566113     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.81.5.699     Document Type: Article

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