GPS constraints on the deformation of Azerbaijan and surrounding regions

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-45

  Aktuǧ, Bahadir ^a   Meherremov, Elçin ^b   Kurt, Mustafa ^c   Özdemir, Soner ^c   Esedov, Namaz ^b   Lenk, Onur ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b State Cadastre and Mapping Committee   (Azerbaijan)

^c Ministry of National Defense   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Block modeling; Caucasus; GPS; Kinematics; Strain analysis; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GPS; KINEMATICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SLIP RATE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; THRUST FAULT;

AZERBAIJAN;

EID: 84879014483     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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