Reconciling geodetic and geological rates of vertical crustal motion in intraplate regions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 91-101

  Demoulin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crustal motion; Fault creep; Geodetic rate; Hydrological factor; Intraplate; Levelling

Indexed keywords

CREEP; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342442818     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00110-4     Document Type: Article

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