Defining the plate boundaries in the Azores region

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Fernandes, R M S ^a,b   Bastos, L ^c   Miranda, J M ^d   Lourenco N ^e   Ambrosius, B A C ^b   Noomen, R ^b   Simons, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Astronomical Observatory   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Crustal deformation; Geodesy; Geodynamics; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ELASTIC HALF-SPACE APPROCAH; GEODYNAMICS; INTER-PLATE DEFORMATION; PLATE BOUNDARIES;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODYNAMICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745886831     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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