Wide plate margin deformation, southern Central America and northwestern South America, CASA GPS observations

Journal of South American Earth Sciences - Tập 15 Số 2 - Trang 157-171 - 2002
R. Trenkamp1, James N. Kellogg1, J. T. Freymueller2, Héctor Mora‐Páez3
1Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
2Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA
3Volcanological and Seismological Observatory, INGEOMINAS, Avenida 12 de Octubre 15-47, Manizales, Colombia

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