Estimation of GPS strain rate and its error analysis in the Chinese continent

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-362

  Zhu, Shoubiao ^a,b   Shi, Yaolin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese continent; Error analysis; GPS measurements; Monte Carlo method; Strain rate field

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NORMAL FAULT; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC SETTING; VECTOR;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78449267527     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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