The strain rate field in the eastern Mediterranean region, estimated by repeated GPS measurements

Tectonophysics

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 237-252

  Kahle, Hans Gert ^a   Straub, Christian ^a   Reilinger, Robert ^e   McClusky, Simon ^e   King, Robert ^e   Hurst, Kenneth ^e   Veis, George ^b   Kastens, Kim ^c   Cross, Paul ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Eastern Mediterranean; GPS; Strain

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0032464759     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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