Establishment of regional reference frames for quantifying active deformation areas in Anatolia

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-183

  Aktuǧ, Bahadir ^a   Kiliçoǧlu, Ali ^a   Lenk, Onur ^a   Gürdal, Mehmet A ^a  

^a General Command of Mapping   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arabian Plate; Euler pole parameters; Eurasia; Global Positioning System; Strain analysis

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; GPS; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRAIN ANALYSIS; THRUST; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 66149173556     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-009-0011-0     Document Type: Article

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