Evidence for a slow subsidence of the Tahiti Island from GPS, DORIS, and combined satellite altimetry and tide gauge sea level records

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 343, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 331-341

  Fadil, Abdelali ^a   Sichoix, Lydie ^a   Barriot, Jean Pierre ^a   Ortéga, Pascal ^a   Willis, Pascal ^b,c  

^a Observatoire géodésique de Tahiti   (French Polynesia)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Satellite geodesy; Sea level change; Vertical land motion

Indexed keywords

GPS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TIDE GAUGE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79958729750     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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