GPS determination of current Pacific-North American plate motion

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-302

  Antonelis, Kyle ^a   Johnson, Daniel J ^a   Miller, M Meghan ^a   Palmer, Randy ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; PLATE MOTION; TAMAYO FRACTURE;

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

GPS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879889043     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0299:GDOCPN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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