Recent Results for the Arabian Plate Motion Using Satellite Laser Ranging Observations of Riyadh SLR Station to LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 Satellites

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. O. Alothman ◽  
S. Schillak
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Laser Ranging ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Arabian Plate ◽  
Laser Ranging

scholarly journals Comparison of Site Velocities Derived from Collocated GPS, VLBI and SLR Techniques at The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (Comparison of Site Velocities)

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Munghemezulu ◽  
L. Combrinck ◽  
D. Mayer ◽  
O.J. Botai
Keyword(s):  
Radio Astronomy ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Vertical Component ◽  
Satellite Laser Ranging ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Laser Ranging ◽  
Maximum Deviation ◽  
Astronomy Observatory ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Radio Astronomy Observatory

AbstractSpace geodetic techniques provide highly accurate methods for estimating bedrock stability at subcentimetre level. We utilize data derived from Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) techniques, collocated at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, to characterise local plate motion and compare the solutions from the three techniques. Data from the GNSS station were processed using the GAMIT/GLOBK (version 10.4) software, data from the SLR station (MOBLAS-6)were processed using the Satellite Laser Ranging Data Analysis Software (SDAS) and the VLBI data sets were processed using the Vienna VLBI Software (VieVS) software. Results show that there is a good agreement between horizontal and vertical velocity components with a maximum deviation of 1.7 mm/yr, 0.7 mm/yr and 1.3 mm/yr between the North, East and Up velocity components respectively for the different techniques. At HartRAO there is no significant trend in the vertical component and all the techniques used are consistent with the a-priori velocities when compared with each other. This information is crucial in monitoring the local motion variations since geodetic instruments require a very stable base to minimise measurement errors. These findings demonstrate that station coordinate time-series derived with different techniques and analysis strategies provide comparable results.

Satellite laser ranging and geological constraints on plate motion

Tectonics ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 935-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. A. Harrison ◽  
Nancy B. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Laser Ranging ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Laser Ranging ◽  
Geological Constraints

A review of the tectonics of the northern Middle East region

1984 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 577-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. R. Lovelock
Keyword(s):  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Kinematic Model ◽  
Continental Collision ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Plate Motion ◽  
Arabian Plate ◽  
Southern Boundary ◽  
The North ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Two Stages

AbstractThe structure of the northern part of the Arabian platform is reviewed in the light of hitherto unpublished exploration data and the presently accepted kinematic model of plate motion in the region. The Palmyra and Sinjar zones share a common history of development involving two stages of rifting, one in the Triassic–Jurassic and the other during late Cretaceous to early Tertiary times. Deformation of the Palmyra zone during the Mio-Pliocene is attributed to north–south compression on the eastern block of the Dead Sea transcurrent system which occurred after continental collision in the north in southeast Turkey. The asymmetry of the Palmyra zone is believed to result from northward underthrusting along the southern boundary facilitated by the presence of shallow Triassic evaporites. An important NW-SE cross-plate shear zone has been identified, which can be traced for 600 km and which controls the course of the River Euphrates over long distances in Syria and Iraq. Transcurrent motion along this zone resulted in the formation of narrow grabens during the late Cretaceous which were compressed during the Mio-Pliocene. To a large extent, present day structures in the region result from compressional reactivation of old lineaments within the Arabian plate by the transcurrent motion of the Dead Sea fault zone and subsequent continental collision.

scholarly journals Satellite laser ranging measurements in South Africa: Contributions to earth system sciences

2015 ◽  
Vol 111 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Botai ◽  
Ludwig Combrinck ◽  
Joel O. Botai
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Satellite Laser Ranging ◽  
Laser Ranging ◽  
Earth System
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