Large-scale tectonic motions measured with the DORIS space geodesy system

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Feb 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995georl..22..469s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 22, no. 4, p. 469-472

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Geodesy, Geodetic Surveys, Plates (Tectonics), Remote Sensing, Satellite Observation, Tectonics, Doppler Radar, Orbit Calculation, Poseidon Satellite, Radar Measurement, Spot (French Satellite), Very Long Base Interferometry

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We have analysed approximately 3 years of Doppler tracking measurements of the Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) system on the SPOT2 and Topex-Poseidon satellites. Absolute velocities of 19 stations of the DORIS network have been computed through a dynamic orbit computation method. These stations are located on 9 major tectonic plates. For 14 stations, relative velocities across 28 plate boundaries involving 8 different plates, agree quite well with the NUVEL-1 geological estimates, with a correlation coefficient of 0.982 and a slope of 1.00 +/- 0.02. This study provides the first space geodesy-derived motion of the African plate which is based on data taken at 4 stations. Computed rotation vectors for the relative motions between the Eurasian, Pacific and African plates show a good agreement with NUVEL-1 vectors. For the remaining sites which are typically located close to plate boundaries, measured motions depart significantly from the ones predicted by NUVEL-1. The site of Fairbanks (Alaska) appears to move anomalously compared to earlier very long base interferometry (VLBI) results.

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