Angular velocities of Nubia and Somalia from continuous GPS data: Implications on present-day relative kinematics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-208

  Fernandes, R M S ^a,b   Ambrosius, B A C ^a   Noomen, R ^a   Bastos, L ^c   Combrinck, L ^d   Miranda, J M ^e   Spakman, W ^f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d HARTEBEESTHOEK RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geo kinematics; GPS; Nubian plate; Plate tectonics; Somalian plate; Space geodesy

Indexed keywords

GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; NUBIAN SHIELD; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2342567891     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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