A decade of GEONET: 1994-2003 - The continuous GPS observation in Japan and its impact on earthquake studies -

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Sagiya, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; GEONET; GPS; The Japanese Islands

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GPS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 20544464078     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353077     Document Type: Review

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