A new velocity field for Greece: Implications for the kinematics and dynamics of the Aegean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Floyd, M A ^a,b   Billiris, H ^c   Paradissis, D ^c   Veis, G ^c   Avallone, A ^d   Briole, P ^e   McClusky, S ^f   Nocquet, J M ^g   Palamartchouk, K ^a   Parsons, B ^a   England, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULTING; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 77958139636     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007040     Document Type: Article

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