Kinematics of the eastern Caucasus near Baku, Azerbaijan

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 997-1006

  Kadirov, Fakhraddin ^a   Floyd, Michael ^b   Alizadeh, Akif ^a   Guliev, Ibrahim ^a   Reilinger, Robert ^b   Kuleli, Sadi ^b   King, Robert ^b   Nafi Toksoz, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabia Eurasia collision; Azerbaijan; Caspian Sea; Caucasus Mountains; GPS velocities; Inter seismic strain accumulation

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT; GEODESY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE;

AZERBAIJAN; BAKU; CASPIAN SEA; CAUCASUS; KURA BASIN;

EID: 84864401819     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0199-0     Document Type: Article

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