ITRF2000: A new release of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame for earth science applications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Altamimi, Zuheir ^a   Sillard, Patrick ^a   Boucher, Claude ^b  

^a INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^b Minister del la Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

ITRF; Reference systems and frames; Tectonic plate motion; Terrestrial reference systems and frames

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); TECTONIC ROTATION;

EID: 0037058189     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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