Vertical GPS ground motion rates in the Euro-Mediterranean region: New evidence of velocity gradients at different spatial scales along the Nubia-Eurasia plate boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6003-6024

  Serpelloni, Enrico ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^b   Spada, Giorgio ^c   Dong, Danan ^d   Williams, Simon D P ^e  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active tectonics; geodynamics; Global Positioning System; Mediterranean basin; time series analysis; vertical velocities

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EURASIAN PLATE; GPS; GROUND MOTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SUBDUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALPS; APENNINES; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; NUBIA;

EID: 84892577611     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010102     Document Type: Article

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