On the determination of self-consistent strain rate fields within zones of distributed continental deformation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 121, Issue , 2000, Pages 113-141

  Holt, William E ^a,c   Shen Tu, Bingming ^a   Haines, John ^b   Jackson, James ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

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EID: 84905419256     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM121p0113     Document Type: Chapter

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