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Research article
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24 Jan 2013
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2013
Reprocessed height time series for GPS stations
S. Rudenko
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
N. Schön
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Bristol Glaciology Centre, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, UK
M. Uhlemann
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
G. Gendt
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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We present a new 3-D GPS velocity solution for 182 sites for the region encompassing the Western Alps, Pyrenees. The only significant horizontal deformation (0.2 mm/yr over a distance of 50 km) is a NNE–SSW extension in the western Pyrenees. In contrast, significant uplift rates up to 2 mm/yr occur in the Western Alps but not in the Pyrenees. A correlation between site elevations and fast uplift rates in the Western Alps suggests that part of this uplift is induced by postglacial rebound.
Gang Chen, Anmin Zeng, Feng Ming, and Yifan Jing
Solid Earth, 7, 817–825, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-817-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-817-2016, 2016
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In this paper, we presented a new method on the basis of a collocation and multi-quadric equation interpolation. We introduce a multi-quadric kernel function to determine the covariance of local deformation and use the method to be a simple approximation of the covariance function. We established a horizontal velocity field model for the Chinese mainland by using a set of observed velocity data of GPS stations. The result is simple and reasonable and has a significant reference value.
M. Nordman, M. Poutanen, A. Kairus, and J. Virtanen
Solid Earth, 5, 673–681, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-673-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-673-2014, 2014
A. Zlinszky, G. Timár, R. Weber, B. Székely, C. Briese, C. Ressl, and N. Pfeifer
Solid Earth, 5, 355–369, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-355-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-355-2014, 2014
T. Frontera, A. Concha, P. Blanco, A. Echeverria, X. Goula, R. Arbiol, G. Khazaradze, F. Pérez, and E. Suriñach
Solid Earth, 3, 111–119, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-111-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-3-111-2012, 2012
J. Klokočník, J. Kostelecký, I. Pešek, P. Novák, C. A. Wagner, and J. Sebera
Solid Earth, 1, 71–83, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-1-71-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-1-71-2010, 2010
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