GPS evidence for northward motion of the Sinai Block: Implications for E. Mediterranean tectonics

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Mahmoud, Salah
Reilinger, Robert
McClusky, Simon
Vernant, Philippe
Tealeb, Ali

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GPS survey sites in the Sinai Peninsula show northerly motion relative to Africa (Nubia) at 1.4 ± 0.8 mm/yr north and 0.4 ± 0.8 mm/yr west. Continuous IGS GPS sites in Israel, west of the Dead Sea fault show a similar northerly sense of motion relative

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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2037-12-31