Present-day pattern of Cordilleran deformation in the western United States

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-374

  Bennett, R A ^a   Davis, J L ^a   Wernicke, B P ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

COMBINED SOLUTION; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; REFERENCE FRAME; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS; TRANSITION ZONES; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY;

(WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879890956     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0371:PDPOCD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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