PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF PACIFIC-NORTH-AMERICA RELATIVE MOTION IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA USING THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

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作者
DIXON, TH [1 ]
GONZALEZ, G [1 ]
LICHTEN, SM [1 ]
TRALLI, DM [1 ]
NESS, GE [1 ]
DAUPHIN, JP [1 ]
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[1] OREGON STATE UNIV,COLL OCEANOG,CONMAR,CORVALLIS,OR 97330
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10.1029/91GL01062
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
摘要
Global Positioning System (GPS) data from experiments conducted in 1985 and 1989 in the southern Gulf of California, Mexico, allow a determination of relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates. The data indicate motion of Cabo San Lucas on the Pacific plate relative to North America at a rate of 47 +/- 7 mm/yr and azimuth of 57 +/- 6-degrees west of north (1-sigma errors), equivalent within uncertainties to the NUVEL-1 global plate motion model.
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