Estimation of the Terceira Island (Azores) main strain rates from GPS data

earth, planets and space

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 637-642

  Navarro, Ana ^a   Catalão, João ^a   Miguel Miranda, Jorge ^a   Fernandes, Rui Manuel S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores triple junction; crustal deformation; GPS; Terceira Island

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20644444805     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352470     Document Type: Article

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