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Kinematics of the Western Africa-Eurasia plate boundary from focal mechanisms and GPS data
Geophysical Journal International · 2007 · Vol. 169(3) · pp. 1180–1200
Enrico Serpelloni✉(Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)Gianfranco Vannucci(Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)Silvia Pondrelli(Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)Andrea Argnani(Institute of Marine Science)G. Casula(Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)Marco Anzidei(Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)P. Baldi(University of Bologna)Paolo Gasperini(University of Bologna)
Abstract
Continuous GPS data have been analysed to determine Euler vectors for the Nubian and Eurasian plates and to provide the global frame for a new Mediterranean GPS velocity field
Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwideearthquake and tectonic studiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeologySeismologyPlate tectonicsLithosphereTectonicsGeodesyConvergent boundarySeismotectonicsGeodynamicsGlobal Positioning System
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