Seasonal and long-term vertical deformation in the Nepal Himalaya constrained by GPS and GRACE measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fu, Yuning ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CORRELATION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; GRACE; MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84859123298     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008925     Document Type: Article

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