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The Global Positioning System A Shared National Asset (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... A few permanent GPS reference stations provided important data for the early determination of the Northridge earthquake mechanism, which had a displacement on the order of 1 meter. Arrays of permanent GPS stations, coupled with a few interferometric strain meters, can be used to study crustal deformation in the time intervals between earthquakes.
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