GPS and gravity constraints on continental deformation in the Alborz mountain range, Iran

Geophysical Journal International - Tập 183 Số 3 - Trang 1287-1301 - 2010
Y. Djamour1, Philippe Vernant1, R. Bayer1, H. Nankali2, Jean‐François Ritz1, Jacques Hinderer3, Yaghoub Hatam1,2, B. Luck3, Nicolas Le Moigne1, M. Sedighi2, Fateme Khorrami2
1Lab. Geosiences Montpellier, University Montpellier 2– CNRS, 34095 Montpellier, France. E-mail:
2National Cartographic Center (NCC), Meraj Av., Azadi square, P.O. Box 13185–1684, Tehran, Iran
3EOST/IPGS (UMR 7516) 5 rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France

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