Global positioning system measurements of Indian plate motion and convergence across the Lesser Himalaya

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3107-3110

  Freymueller, J ^a   Bilham, R ^b   Burgmann R ^c   Larson, K M ^d   Paul, J ^e   Jade, S ^e   Gaur, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UCB 428   (United States)

^e CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACKING (POSITION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CONVERGENCE RATES; GLOBAL POSITIONING; INDEPENDENT MOTIONS; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; KATHMANDU , NEPAL; LESSER HIMALAYA; REFERENCE FRAME;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS;

HIMALAYAN THRUST SYSTEM; INDIAN PLATE;

GPS; PLATE MOTION;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0030292248     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02518     Document Type: Article

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