Constraints on vertical crustal motion for long baselines in the central Mediterranean region using continuous GPS

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 419-434

  Bennett, Richard A ^a   Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

crustal motion; GPS; Mediterranean; tectonics; vertical

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL UPLIFT; VERTICAL CRUSTAL VELOCITY;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34247555861     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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