Active deformation of the Corinth rift, Greece: Results from repeated global positioning system surveys between 1990 and 1995

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B11, 2000, Pages 25605-25625

  Briole, P ^a   Rigo, A ^b,i   Lyon Caen, H ^c,h   Ruegg, J C ^a   Papazissi, K ^d   Mitsakaki, C ^d   Balodimou, A ^d   Veis, G ^d   Hatzfeld, D ^e   Deschamps, A ^f,g  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f CNRS Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^h ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

ⁱ IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034518980     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900148     Document Type: Article

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