Present-day tectonics in and around the Adria plate inferred from GPS measurements

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 409, Issue , 2006, Pages 43-55

  Altiner, Yüksel ^a   Bačić, Željko ^b   Bašić, Tomislav ^c   Coticchia, Alberto ^d   Medved, Mathia ^e   Mulić, Medžida ^f   Nurçe, Bilbil ^g  

^a Bundesamt fur Kartographie und Geodasie   (Germany)

^b State Geodetic Administration   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Military Geographical Institute   (Italy)

^e State Geodetic Administration   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Adria microplate; Analytical surface deformation theory; GPS; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS;

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); INTERNATIONAL GPS SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL TERRESTRIAL REFERENCE FRAMES; MEDITERRANEAN; MICROPLATES; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

GEODYNAMICS;

AFRICAN PLATE; COAST; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GPS; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; STRAIN RATE;

ALBANIA; ALPS; AUSTRIA; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; GERMANY; GRAZ; HUNGARY; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLAND; SLOVENIA; STYRIA;

EID: 68949168070     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2409(03)     Document Type: Article

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