Strain Model Project:   Japan Strain Rate Modeling.

Area of the World:      Japanese Islands.

Model Source Data:      GPS station velocities of the GEONET network, Japan <vel.ps>.

Model Results:          Interpolated velocities, maximum shear strain <geonet_shr.ps>, 
                        dilatation, and rotation rates.

Software used:          visr2.

Model Date:             May 27, 2000.

Contact info:           Zheng-Kang Shen: zshen@ess.ucla.edu 
                                         http://scec.ess.ucla.edu/~zshen
                        Shin-ichi Miyazaki: miyazaki@gsi-mc.go.jp

References:             Miyazaki, S., T. Tada, T. Sagiya, D. Dong, and J. Johnson, 
                           Regional crustal deformatin of Japan derived by Japanese 
                           nationwide GPS array, EOS, Trans. AGU, 79, No.45, F186.
                        Shen, Z.-K., D. D. Jackson, and B. Ge, Crustal deformation 
                           across and beyond the Los Angeles basin from geodetic 
                           measurements,J. Geophys. Res., 101, 27,957-27,980, 1996.