Defining the translational velocity of the reference frame of Earth

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 830-838

  Argus, Donald F ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Crustal deformation; Geodesy; Geodynamics; Glacial rebound; Global positioning system; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTH ROTATION; GEODESY; GPS; LAGEOS; LASER METHOD; MASS BALANCE; PLATE TECTONICS; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250157071     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03344.x     Document Type: Article

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