Peer-Reviewed Publications - Post-1989
DeMets, C., and S. Traylen, (2000) Motion of the Rivera plate since 10 Ma relative to the Pacific and North American plates and the mantle, Tectonophysics, 318, 119-159
DeMets, C., P. E. Jansma, G. S. Mattioli, T. H. Dixon, F. Farina, R. Bilham, E. Calais, and P. Mann, (2000) GPS geodetic constraints on Caribbean-North America plate motion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 437-440
Jansma, P. E., A. Lopez, G. S. Mattioli, C. DeMets, T. H. Dixon, P. Mann, and E. Calais, (2000) Neotectonics of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, northeastern Caribbean, from GPS geodesy, Tectonics, 19, 1021-1037
Dixon, T., F. Farina, C. DeMets, F. Suarez Vidal, J. Fletcher, B. Marquez-Azua, M. Miller, O. Sanchez, and P. Umhoefer, (2000) New Kinematic Models for Pacific-North America Motion from 3 Ma to Present, II: Tectonic Implications for Baja and Alta California Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3961-3964
DeMets, C., and T. Dixon, (1999) New kinematic models for Pacific-North America motion from 3 Ma to present, 1: Evidence for steady motion and biases in the NUVEL-1A model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1921-1924
Wilson, D. S., and C. DeMets, (1998) Reply to Comment on "Relative motions of the Pacific, Rivera, North American, and Cocos plates since 0.78 Ma", J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24,251-24,256
Gordon, R. G., C. DeMets, and J. Y. Royer, (1998) Evidence for long-term diffuse deformation of the lithosphere of the equatorial Indian Ocean, Nature, 395, 370-374
Dixon, T. H., F. Farina, C. DeMets, P. Jansma, P. Mann, and E. Calais, (1998) Relative motion between the Caribbean and North American plates and related boundary zone deformation from a decade of GPS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15,157-15,182
DeMets, C. (1997) Afterslip no longer an afterthought, Nature, 386, 549
DeMets, C., and D. S. Wilson (1997) Relative motions of the Pacific, Rivera, North American, and Cocos plates since 0.78 Ma, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 2789-2806
Melbourne, T., I. Carmichael, C. DeMets, K. Hudnut, O. Sanchez, J. Stock, G. Suarez, and F. Webb (1997) The geodetic signature of the M8.0 October 9, 1995, Jalisco subduction earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 715-718
Royer, J.-Y., R. G. Gordon, C. DeMets, and P. R. Vogt, (1997) New limits on the motion between India and Australia since chron 5 (11 Ma) and implications for lithospheric deformation in the equatorial Indian Ocean, Geophys. J. Int., 129, 41-74
Spitzak, S. and C. DeMets, (1996) Constraints on present-day plate motions south of 30\(deS from satellite altimetry, Tectonophysics, 253, 167-208.
DeMets, C. (1995) A reappraisal of seafloor spreading lineations in the Gulf of California: Implications for the transfer of Baja California to the Pacific plate and estimates of Pacific-North America motion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3545-3548
DeMets, C. (1995) Plate motions and crustal deformation, Reviews of Geophysics, Supplement, U.S. National Report to l Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994, ed. G. Shubert, 365-369
DeMets, C., R. G. Gordon, and P. Vogt, (1994) Location of the Africa-Australia-India triple junction and motion between the Australian and Indian plates: Results an aeromagnetic investigation of the Central Indian and Carlsberg ridges, Geophysical Journal International, 119, 893-930
DeMets, C., R. G. Gordon, D. F. Argus, and S. Stein, (1994) Effect of recent revisions to the geomagnetic reversal timescale on estimates of current plate motions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21,2191-2194
DeMets C (1993) Earthquake slip vectors and estimates of present-day plate motions. J Geophys Res 98:6703-6714.
DeMets C (1992) A test of present-day plate geometries for northeast Asia and Japan trenches. J Geophys Res 97:17,627-17,636.
DeMets C (1992) Oblique convergence and deformation along the Kuril and Japan trenches. J Geophys Res 97:17,615-17,626.
DeMets C and Stein S (1990) Present-day kinematics of the Rivera plate and implications for tectonics in southwestern Mexico. J Geophys Res 95:21,931-21,948
DeMets C, Gordon RG, Argus DF and Stein S (1990) Current plate motions. Geophysical Journal International 101:425-478.
Gordon RG, DeMets C and Argus DF (1990) Present-day motion between the Australian and Indian plate: Kinematic constraints on distributed lithospheric deformation in the equatorial Indian Ocean. Tectonics 9:409-422.