Identification of Crustal Blocks Based on GPS Data

摘要

The style of the continental crust deformation is nowadays the most discussed topic of geodynamics. According to one concept, the lithosphere is an assemblage of microplates (blocks) and its deformation is caused by displacements along the block boundaries (see, for example). According to an alternative concept, the lithosphere deformation is distributed throughout the volume and corresponds to a rheological model of nonlinear viscous fluid (see, for example). The discussion stems mainly from materials related to Asian regions involved to a certain extent in the process of collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates. The adequacy criterion of either concept is not quantitatively strictly formalized.