Self-consistency in reference frames, geocenter definition, and surface loading of the solid Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Blewitt, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Geocenter; Isomorphic; Reference frame; Solid Earth; Surface loading

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GRAVIMETRY; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 17744416106     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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