Erratum to Seismic and aseismic deformation along the East African Rift System from a reanalysis of the GPS velocity field of Africa [Geophys. J. Int., 193, (2015), 1353-1369] DOI:10.1093/gji/ggt085.;Seismic and aseismic deformation along the east african rift system from a reanalysis of the GPS velocity field of africa

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1353-1369

  Déprez, Aline ^a   Doubre, Cécile ^a   Masson, Frédéric ^a   Ulrich, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Continental tectonics; Extensional; Plate motions

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

AFRICA; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; EXTENSIONAL; INTRACONTINENTAL EXTENSIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; PLATE MOTIONS; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

AFRICAN PLATE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODESY; GPS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

EID: 84877954769     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu416     Document Type: Erratum

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