Steady rotation of the Cascade arc

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1027-1030

  Wells, Ray E ^a   McCaffrey, Robert ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; GPS VELOCITIES; HIGH VELOCITY; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOMAGNETIC ROTATIONS; REFERENCE FRAME;

CLOCKS; TECTONICS;

ROTATION;

BLOCK ROTATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE PLUME; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRAIN RATE;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84883016708     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34514.1     Document Type: Article

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