Subcontinental-scale crustal velocity changes along the Pacific–North America plate boundary

J. L. Davis (), B. P. Wernicke, S. Bisnath, N. A. Niemi and P. Elósegui
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J. L. Davis: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
B. P. Wernicke: California Institute of Technology
S. Bisnath: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
N. A. Niemi: California Institute of Technology
P. Elósegui: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7097, 1131-1134

Abstract: Short change out west Where tectonic plates meet within continents, the plates can deform over areas hundreds to thousands of kilometres wide. The forces driving such large-scale diffuse continental deformation remain an enigma. The Basin and Range province, in the western United States between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky mountain ranges, is one region where these large deformations occur, and since 1996 it has been meticulously observed using a GPS-based network. The latest data indicate that the rate of deformation has, contrary to previous understanding, been changing on short (1-year) timescales.

Date: 2006
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