Improving deformation models by discounting transient signals in geodetic data: 1. Concept and synthetic examples

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 5538-5556

  Bird, Peter ^a   Carafa, Michele M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

geodesy; inverse; neotectonic

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GPS; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODELING; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD;

EID: 84979730164     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013056     Document Type: Article

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