Crustal motion and deformation in Greece from a decade of GPS measurements, 1993-2003

Tectonophysics

Volumn 449, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 17-40

  Hollenstein, Ch ^a   Muller M D ^a   Geiger, A ^a   Kahle, H G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Eastern Mediterranean; GPS geodesy; Strain

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39649103862     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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