Kinematic models of plate boundary deformation in southwest Iceland derived from GPS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Árnadóttir, Thóra ^a   Jiang, Weiping ^a,b   Feigl, Kurt L ^c   Geirsson, Halldór ^d   Sturkell, Erik ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

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EID: 84898855684     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003907     Document Type: Article

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