REVEL: A model for recent plate velocities from space geodesy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Sella, Giovanni F ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^b   Mao, Ailin ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Global plate model; GPS; Plate tectonics; Present day; REVEL

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEODETIC DATUM; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY;

EID: 0038037767     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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