Intraplate deformation in western Europe deduced from an analysis of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 1997 (ITRF97) velocity field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B6, 2001, Pages 11239-11257

  Nocquet, J M ^a,b   Calais, E ^a   Altamimi, Z ^b   Sillard, P ^b   Boucher, C ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PLATE TECTONICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034935893     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900410     Document Type: Article

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