Surface velocity field of the Ibero-Maghrebian segment of the Eurasia-Nubia plate boundary

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 315-324

  Fernandes, R Manuel S ^a,b   Miranda, J M ^c   Meijninger, B M L ^d   Bos, M S ^e   Noomen, R ^b   Bastos, L ^e   Ambrosius, B A C ^b   Riva, R E M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Global Positioning System (GPS); Plate boundary

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EURASIAN PLATE; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MAGHREB; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147107085     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03252.x     Document Type: Article

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