Geodesy, the oldest science, has become an important discipline in the geosciences, in
large part by enhancing Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities over the last 35 years …

Among the wide range of thermal, petrologic, hydrological, and structural factors that
potentially affect subduction earthquakes, the roughness of the subducting seafloor is …

We present a new global model of plate motions and strain rates in plate boundary zones
constrained by horizontal geodetic velocities. This Global Strain Rate Model (GSRM v. 2.1) …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

The Caribbean oceanic crust was formed west of the North and South American continents,
probably from Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous time. Its subsequent evolution has …

Along the western margin of South America, plate convergence is accommodated by slip on
the subduction interface and deformation of the overriding continent,,,,,. In Chile,,,, Bolivia …

Subduction zone megathrust faults host Earth's largest earthquakes, along with multitudes of
smaller events that contribute to plate convergence. An understanding of the faulting …

Along the Ecuadorian margin, oblique subduction induces deformation of the overriding
continental plate. For the last 15 Ma, both exhumation and tectonic history of Ecuador …

The nature of seismic coupling for many of the world's subduction zones has been
reevaluated. Geodetic estimates of seismic coupling obtained from GPS measurements of …

By regressing simple, independent variables that describe climate and tectonic processes
against measures of topography and relief of 69 mountain ranges worldwide, we quantify …