Space geodetic observation of the deformation cycle across the Ballenas Transform, Gulf of California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5843-5862

  Plattner, Christina ^a,b   Malservisi, Rocco ^c   Amelung, Falk ^b   Dixon, Timothy H ^c   Hackl, Matthias ^a   Verdecchia, Alessandro ^a   Lonsdale, Peter ^d   Suarez Vidal, Francisco ^e   Gonzalez Garcia, Javier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

coseismic rupture; GPS; Gulf of California; InSAR; interseismic strain accumulation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84942826989     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB011959     Document Type: Article

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