Current rates of convergence across the Central Andes: Estimates from continuous GPS observations

Details Current rates of convergence across the Central Andes: Estimates from continuous GPS observations Current rates of convergence across the Central Andes: Estimates from continuous GPS observations

Mar 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26..541k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 5, p. 541-544

Physics

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Geodesy And Gravity: Space Geodetic Surveys, Geodesy And Gravity: Crustal Movements-Intraplate, Geodesy And Gravity: Reference Systems, Tectonophysics: Continental Contractional Orogenic Belts

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We present velocity solutions for 16 continuous GPS (CGPS) stations located in South America in a geodetic reference frame that nominally fixes the craton or stable core of this continent. The RMS horizontal velocity of 8 stations located within the craton is 1.3 mm/yr. Three CGPS stations located in Chile between about 33°S and 20°S have velocities in the range 19-24 mm/yr. These motions manifest current rates of convergence across the southern limb of the Central Andes. The IGS station in Arequipa, Peru (at 16.5°S) in the northern limb of the orocline, however, has a velocity of just 10 mm/yr.

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