Is the Australian Plate deforming? A space geodetic perspective

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 372, Issue , 2003, Pages 41-48

  Tregoning, P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Plate; GPS; Intraplate deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTS; CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; EQUIPMENT FAILURES; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GEODETIC TECHNIQUE; PLATE BOUNDARIES; REGIONAL DEFORMATIONS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEODESY; GPS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871450550     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2372-8.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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