GPS measurements of current crustal movements along the Dead Sea Fault

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Wdowinski, S ^a,b   Bock, Y ^c   Baer, G ^d   Prawirodirdjo, L ^c   Bechor, N ^a   Naaman, S ^a   Knafo, R ^d   Forrai, Y ^e   Melzer, Y ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e Survey of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea Fault; Eastern Mediterranean; Space geodesy

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; PLATE MOTION;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 4644250058     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002640     Document Type: Article

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