Observation of present-day tectonic motions in the Southeastern Carpathians: Results of the ISES/CRC-461 GPS measurements

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 177-184

  van der Hoeven, Andre A G ^a,g   Mocanu, V ^b   Spakman, W ^c   Nutto, M ^d   Nuckelt, A ^d   Matenco, L ^e   Munteanu, L ^f   Marcu, C ^b   Ambrosius, B A C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

^g High school for Havo Ath and Gymnasium   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Geology; GPS; Romania; Tectonics; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

ROMANIA; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TECTONIC MOTIONS;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GEODESY; GPS; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27744520058     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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