Geodetic investigation into the deformation of the Salton Trough

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5030-5039

  Crowell, Brendan W ^a,b   Bock, Yehuda ^a   Sandwell, David T ^a   Fialko, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS surveying; interseismic deformation; Salton Trough; strain rate; tectonic geodesy

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODESY; GPS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SHEAR STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEVADA; SALTON SEA; SALTON TROUGH; SAN ANDREAS; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 84886898285     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50347     Document Type: Article

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