A study on convergence rate of the India plate to Eruasia subduction beneath Qinghai-Xizang Plateau - Inversion results from GPS observational data

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Wang, Yong ^a   Xu, Houze ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic dislocation; Geodetic inversion; GPS; Plate subduction; Qinghai Xizang Plateau

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; INDIAN PLATE; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0042442020     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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