Strain rate tensor in iran from a new GPS velocity field

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-21

  Masson, Frédéric ^a   Lehujeur Maximilien, M ^a   Ziegler, Yann ^a   Doubre, Cécile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics: seismotectonics; Satellite geodesy; Seismicity and tectonics; Tomography

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS: SEISMOTECTONICS; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; STRAIN RATE TENSORS; TECTONIC FEATURES; TRANSITION ZONES; VELOCITY VECTORS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS; TENSORS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ARABIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODESY; GPS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; CAUCASUS; IRAN; MAKRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 84897891276     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt509     Document Type: Article

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