Present-day surface deformation of the Alpine region inferred from geodetic techniques

Sánchez, Laura; Völksen, Christof; Sokolov, Alexandr; Arenz, Herbert; Seitz, Florian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1503-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1503-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1503-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

Review article

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24 Aug 2018

Review article |

| 24 Aug 2018

Present-day surface deformation of the Alpine region inferred from geodetic techniques

Laura Sánchez, Christof Völksen, Alexandr Sokolov, Herbert Arenz, and Florian Seitz

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RC1: 'Review', Jeff Freymueller, 22 May 2018
- AC1: 'Answers to J. Freymueller', Laura Sanchez, 03 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Review comments', Roberto Devoti, 20 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'Answers to R. Devoti', Laura Sanchez, 03 Aug 2018

Short summary

We provide a surface-kinematics model for the Alpine region based on high-level data analysis of 300 geodetic stations continuously operating over 12.4 years. This model includes a deformation model, a continuous velocity field, and a strain field consistently assessed for the entire Alpine mountain belt. Horizontal and vertical motion patterns are clearly identified and supported by uncertainties better than ±0.2 mm a⁻¹ and ±0.3 mm a⁻¹ in the horizontal and vertical components, respectively.