Instantaneous global plate motion model from 12 years of continuous GPS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Prawirodirdjo, Linette ^a   Bock, Yehuda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous GPS; Global plate motions

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GPS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 7044269645     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002944     Document Type: Article

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