Geodetic Network For Crustal Deformation Control of Northernvictoria Land (antarctica)
Abstract
VLNDEF (Victoria Land Network for DEFormation control) project started in 1999 with the aim to measure a network for the study of regional geodynamics of northern Victoria Land. In 1999-2000 and 2000-01 italian expeditions, a network of 25 stations with an average distance of 70 km covering the area from Terra Nova Bay, italian sta- tion in Antarctica, to the northern Oates Coast on Pacific ocean, about 700 km long and about 300 km large, was established and surveyed. The network design and stations location were based on principal faults of the area pointed out by most recent tecton- ics studies. The research activity is made within GIANT (Geodetic Infrastructure of ANTarctica) program and ANTEC (ANtarctic neoTECtonics) Group of Specialists of SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research).The network coordinates are de- fined in most recent ITRF 2000 system through the emanation from GPS permanent station TNB1. TNB1 was included in SCAR GPS Epoch measurements campaigns and, consequently, connected to IGS network in 2000. VLNDEF includes the first italian reference network about 5000 square km around Terra Nova Bay, and a small network for Mt.Melbourne volcano monitoring. The reference network was surveyed three time, while the detail network was surveyed five time. The data were processed with different software, more recently with Bernese and Gipsy. The processing results and a preliminary approach for deformation analysis are presented.
- Publication:
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EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002EGSGA..27.3191C