Preliminary analysis of deformation at the Eurasia-Pacific-North America plate junction from GPS data
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Journal International
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0956-540X,1365-246X
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540x.2001.01515.x