Strain accumulation in the southern Alps (NE Italy) and deformation at the northeastern boundary of Adria observed by CGPS measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-4

  D'Agostino, N ^a   Cheloni, D ^a   Mantenuto, S ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a   Michelini, A ^a   Zuliani, D ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Centro Ricerche Sismologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOMETRY; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

CONTINUOUS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (CGPS) MEASUREMENTS; CRUSTAL THICKENING; STRAIN ACCUMULATION;

TECTONICS; STRAIN RATE;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; STRAIN ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

BEST-FIT SOLUTIONS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; ELASTIC DISLOCATION; LIMITED RESOLUTION; MODEL PARAMETERS; RATE OF STRAINS; RIGID ROTATION; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS;

EID: 28144457347     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024266     Document Type: Article

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