NW Iran-eastern Turkey present-day kinematics: Results from the Iranian permanent GPS network

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Djamour, Yahya ^a   Vernant, Philippe ^b   Nankali, Hamid Reza ^a   Tavakoli, Farrokh ^a  

^a National Cartographic Centre of Iran   (Iran)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Active tectonic; GPS; North Tabriz fault; NW Iran; West Alborz

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; GPS; NORTH TABRIZ FAULT; NW IRAN; WEST ALBORZ;

DEFORMATION; SURVEYS;

EARTHQUAKES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; KINEMATICS; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; TABRIZ;

EID: 79957935486     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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