Active deformation processes in Alaska, based on 15 years of GPS measurements

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-42

  Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a   Woodard, Hilary ^a   Cohen, Steven C ^b   Cross, Ryan ^c   Elliott, Julie ^a   Larsen, Christopher F ^a   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^d   Zweck, Chris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84879192092     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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