The importance of classical geodetic observations for analyzing the geodynamic behaviour of the Acores archipelago

Tectonophysics

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 281-290

  Pagarete, J ^a   Teixeira Pinto, J ^b   Mendes, V B ^a   Antunes, C ^a   Ribeiro, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Inst Portugues Cartografia Cadastro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acores; Classical geodesy; Geodynamics; GPS

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; TECTONICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

AZORES;

EID: 0344097414     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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