Constraints on Jalisco Block Motion and Tectonics of the Guadalajara Triple Junction from 1998-2001 Campaign GPS Data

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1435-1447

  Selvans, Michelle M ^a   Stock, Joann M ^a   Demets, Charles ^b   Sanchez, Osvaldo ^c   Marquez Azua, Bertha ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DGOT/SisVoc   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colima rift; GPS; Interseismic; Jalisco block; Tepic Zacoalco rift; Triple junction

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

COLIMA RIFT; INTERSEISMIC; JALISCO BLOCK; TEPIC-ZACOALCO RIFT; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

TECTONICS;

BLOCK ROTATION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

COLIMA; GUADALAJARA [JALISCO]; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84905103142     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0201-2     Document Type: Article

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