Kinematic interpretation of present-day crustal deformation in central Greece from continuous GPS measurements

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-13

  Chousianitis, Konstantinos ^a   Ganas, Athanassios ^a   Gianniou, Michail ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Regional Center of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; GPS; Greece; Permanent network; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GPS; KALMAN FILTER; KINEMATICS; RIFTING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; ATTICA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNESE; SARONIKOS GULF;

EID: 84881260806     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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