Global Positioning System constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B3, 2000, Pages 5695-5719

  McClusky, S ^a   Balassanian, S ^b   Barka, A ^c   Demir, C ^d   Ergintav, S ^e   Georgiev, I ^f   Gurkan, O ^g   Hamburger, M ^h   Hurst, K ⁱ   Kahle, H ^j   Kastens, K ^k   Kekelidze, G ^l   King, R ^a   Kotzev, V ^f   Lenk, O ^d   Mahmoud, S ^m   Mishin, A ⁿ   Nadariya, M ^l   Ouzounis, A ^o   Paradissis, D ^o   Peter, Y ^j   Prilepin, M ⁿ   Reilinger, R ^a   Sanli, I ^d   Seeger, H ^p   Tealeb, A ^m   Toksoz M N ^a   Veis, G ^o   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection   (Armenia)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d General Command of Mapping   (Turkey)

^e MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^f BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^g BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^l Dept Geodesy Cartogr of Georgia ^*  (Georgia)

^m NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

ⁿ SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^o NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^p Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodasie   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; PLATE MOTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034629564     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900351     Document Type: Article

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