A new interpretation of deformation rates in the Snake River Plain and adjacent basin and range regions based on GPS measurements

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-122

  Payne, S J ^a   McCaffrey, R ^b   King, R W ^c   Kattenhorn, S A ^d  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: extensional; Dynamics: seismotectonics; Hotspots; Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; BEST FIT; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; DEFORMATION RATES; DYKE INTRUSION; EARTHQUAKE DATA; EXTENSIONAL STRAIN; FOCAL MECHANISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS); GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; GREAT BASIN; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; HOTSPOTS; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; LOW STRAIN RATES; NEOTECTONICS; NORTHERN BASINS; OBLIQUE EXTENSION; PHASE DATA; PLATE MOTIONS; SLIP RATES; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; TECTONIC BELTS; VELOCITY GRADIENTS; VOLCANIC RIFTS; WALKER LANE; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT; YELLOWSTONES;

DEFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; VOLCANOES;

RIVERS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DIKE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; HOT SPOT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NEOTECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

GREAT BASIN; IDAHO; OWYHEE PLATEAU; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858616609     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05370.x     Document Type: Article

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