Analysis of GPS Measurements in Eastern Canada Using Principal Component Analysis

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1483-1506

  Tiampo, K F ^a   Mazzotti, S ^b   James, T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TIME SERIES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; HORIZONTAL DEFORMATION; KARHUNEN LOEVE EXPANSION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EIGENVALUE; GPS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

CANADA;

EID: 84866933287     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0420-1     Document Type: Article

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