Geologically current motion of 56 plates relative to the no-net-rotation reference frame

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Argus, Donald F ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^b   Demets, Charles ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; STRAIN RATE;

CONFIDENCE LIMIT; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; EARTH'S SURFACE; NO NET ROTATIONS; PACIFIC PLATES; REFERENCE FRAME; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; ROTATION RATE;

ROTATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COCOS PLATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERE; NAZCA PLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRAIN RATE;

AVES;

EID: 80755147158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003751     Document Type: Article

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