Global Positioning System constraints on the active tectonics of NE Iran and the South Caspian region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 377-378, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-298

  Mousavi, Z ^a,b   Walpersdorf, A ^a   Walker, R T ^c   Tavakoli, F ^b   Pathier, E ^a   Nankali, H ^b   Nilfouroushan, F ^d   Djamour, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b National Cartographic Centre of Iran   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active deformation; Alborz; Binalud; GPS; Iran; Kopeh Dagh

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ALBORZ; BINALUD; IRAN; KOPEH DAGH;

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; VELOCITY;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CASPIAN BASIN; IRAN;

EID: 84883654239     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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