GPS and geologic estimates of the tectonic activity in the Marmara Sea region, NW Anatolia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 27587-27601

  Straub, Christian ^a,b   Kahle, Hans Gert ^a   Schindler, Conrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Hönggerberg ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOTION; DEFORMATION; GPS; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS;

TURKEY, ANATOLIA;

EID: 0031448695     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02563     Document Type: Article

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