Present-day crustal deformation along the Magallanes-Fagnano Fault System in Tierra del Fuego from repeated GPS observations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1009-1022

  Mendoza, L ^a,b   Perdomo, R ^a,b   Hormaechea, J L ^a,b,c   Cogliano, D Del ^a,b   Fritsche, M ^d   Richter, A ^d   Dietrich, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Estacion Astronomica Rio Grande   (Argentina)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neotectonics; Satellite geodesy; South America; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; EARTH CRUSTS; ERROR ESTIMATES; FAULT SYSTEM; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS; IGS NETWORK; LINEAR VELOCITY; NEOTECTONICS; REFERENCE FRAME; REGIONAL NETWORKS; SATELLITE GEODESY; SOUTH AMERICA; STABLE ZONE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TECTONIC PLATES; TRANSFORM FAULTS; TRANSPRESSION; TRANSTENSION;

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYING;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAULT; GEODESY; GPS; NEOTECTONICS; SOFTWARE; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC PLATE; UPLIFT;

ARGENTINA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

EID: 79951580514     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04912.x     Document Type: Article

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