GPS constraints on Africa (Nubia) and Arabia plate motions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-138

  McClusky, S ^a   Reilinger, R ^a   Mahmoud, S ^b   Ben Sari, D ^c   Tealeb, A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^c MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Lithospheric deformation; Plate tectonics; Satellite geodesy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; ARABIAN PLATE; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; LITHOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; SATELLITE DATA;

AFRICA;

EID: 0038116420     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02023.x     Document Type: Article

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