Article
Preliminary Determination of Pacfic-North America Relative Motion in the Southern Gulf of Calfornia Using the Global Positioning System
Geophysical Research Letters
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Article
Publication Date
5-1-1991
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https://doi.org/10.1029/91GL01062
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Abstract
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 mrn/yr and azimuth of 57±6° west of north (1σ errors), equivalent within uncertainties to the NUVEL-1 global plate motion model.
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Geophysical Research Letters, v. 18, issue 5, p. 861-864
Copyright 1991 by the American Geophysical Union.
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Timothy H. Dixon, G. Gonzalez, S. M. Lichten, D. M. Tralli, et al.. "Preliminary Determination of Pacfic-North America Relative Motion in the Southern Gulf of Calfornia Using the Global Positioning System" Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 18 Iss. 5 (1991) p. 861 - 864 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothydixon/109/