Constraints on the active tectonics of the Friuli/NW Slovenia area from CGPS measurements and three-dimensional kinematic modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bechtold, M ^a,b   Battaglia, M ^c,e   Tanner, D C ^a,d   Zuliani, D ^e  

^a Geoscience Center   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^e Centro Ricerche Sismologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; DEFORMATION; GPS; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649844536     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008jb005638     Document Type: Article

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