A new velocity field from the analysis of the Egyptian Permanent GPS Network (EPGN)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4665-4682

  Saleh, Mohamed ^a,b   Becker, Matthias ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Permanent GPS; Stochastic model; Time series

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; GPS; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT; HELWAN [CAIRO (GVR)];

EID: 84919946928     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-013-1132-x     Document Type: Article

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