Crustal motion along the Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary in the Calabrian Arc and Sicily and active extension in the Messina Straits from GPS measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1-16

  D'Agostino, Nicola ^a   Selvaggi, Giulio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Calabrian Arc; GPS; Messina Straits

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALABRIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA; WORLD;

EID: 14344263895     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002998     Document Type: Article

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