Current rates of convergence across the Central Andes : Estimates from continuous GPS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 541-544

  Kendrick, Eric C ^a   Bevis, M ^a   Smalley Jr , R F ^b   Cifuentes, O ^c   Galban, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Inst Geografico Militar de Chile   (Chile)

^d Instituto Geográfico Militar   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

GEODETIC REFERENCE FRAMES; CENTRAL ANDES; CURRENT RATE; GEODETIC REFERENCE; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; OROCLINE; SOUTH AMERICA;

GEODESY; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CONVERGENCE; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; PLATE MOTION; VELOCITY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033104662     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900040     Document Type: Article

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