New constraints on current deformation in Asia from continuous GPS measurements at Ulan Baatar, Mongolia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1527-1530

  Calais, Eric ^a   Amarjargal, Sharavyn ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Research Centre for Astronomy and Geophysics   (Mongolia)

^c Center for Astronomy and Geophysics   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS;

MONGOLIA; ULAN BAATAR;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DEFORMATION MODELS; FAR-FIELD EFFECT; GPS MEASUREMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; LATERAL EXTRUSION; ON CURRENTS; SUBDUCTION PROCESS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 0034522914     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005444     Document Type: Article

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