GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Armenian region and Lesser Caucasus

Tectonophysics

Volumn 592, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-45

  Karakhanyan, A ^a   Vernant, P ^b   Doerflinger, E ^b   Avagyan, A ^a   Philip, H ^b   Aslanyan, R ^c   Champollion, C ^b   Arakelyan, S ^c   Collard, P ^b   Baghdasaryan, H ^a   Peyret, M ^b   Davtyan, V ^a   Calais, E ^d   Masson, F ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c GEORISK Scientific Research Company   (Armenia)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Earthquakes; Geodynamics; GPS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; NORMAL COMPONENT; OBSERVATION NETWORKS; REGION-BASED; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY VECTORS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODYNAMICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; SLIP RATE; TECTONICS;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARMENIA [WEST ASIA]; CAUCASUS; KURA BASIN;

EID: 84875811672     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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