Combination of Multisatellite Altimetry and Tide Gauge Data for Determining Vertical Crustal Movements along Northern Mediterranean Coast

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1411-1423

  Garcia F ^a   Vigo, M I ^a   Garcia Garcia D ^a   Sanchez Reales J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

altimetry; Mediterranean Sea; sea level; tide gauge; vertical crustal motion

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES;

ALTIMETRY; GEOCENTRIC REFERENCE FRAMES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTI-SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TIDE GAUGES; VERTICAL CRUSTAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL GROUND MOTION; VERTICAL LAND MOTIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; GROUND MOTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TECTONIC SETTING; TIDE GAUGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84866927701     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0400-5     Document Type: Article

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