New GPS constraints on the kinematics of the Apennines subduction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 163-174

  Devoti, Roberto ^a   Riguzzi, Federica ^a,b   Cuffaro, Marco ^b,c   Doglioni, Carlo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic; Africa; Apennines; Euler poles; Eurasia; GPS; ITRF2005; slab kinematics; subduction hinge; subduction rate

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; AFRICA; APENNINES; CORSICA; EULER POLES; EURASIA; EURASIA PLATE; FAR FIELDS; GPS; GPS SITES; HOT SPOTTING; ITRF2005; KINEMATIC MODELLING; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE FLOW; MESOZOIC RIFTING; NORTHERN APENNINES; REFERENCE FRAMES; SLAB KINEMATICS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SUBDUCTION HINGE; SUBDUCTION PROCESSES; SUBDUCTION RATE; SUBDUCTION RATES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UPPER PLATE; VELOCITY FIELDS; WESTERN SIDE;

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MECHANICS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; TECTONICS;

KINEMATICS;

AFRICAN PLATE; EURASIAN PLATE; GPS; HOT SPOT; KINEMATICS; RIFTING; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AFRICA; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 49349088150     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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