Plate kinematics of Nubia - Somalia using a combined DORIS and GPS solution

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 80, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages 591-607

  Nocquet, J M ^a   Willis, Pascal ^b,c   Garcia, Sebastian ^a  

^a UMR6526 Géosciences ^*  (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; DORIS; GPS; Nubia; NUVEL 1A; Plate motion; Plate tectonics; Somalia; Terrestrial reference frame

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GPS; PLATE TECTONICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHITE NOISE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; INDIAN OCEAN; NUBIAN SHIELD; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750580554     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-006-0078-0     Document Type: Article

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