Global plate motion models incorporating the velocity field of ITRF96

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2813-2816

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhu, Wenyao ^a   Xiong, Yongqin ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NO NET ROTATIONS; PLATE MOTIONS; REFERENCE FRAME; TECTONIC PLATES; TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS; VELOCITY FIELD; GLOBAL PLATE MOTION MODELS;

VELOCITY; TECTONICS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0343415068     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005380     Document Type: Article

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