(1) Shanghai Astronomy Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 Nandan Road, 200030 Shanghai, China
Abstract:
This paper presents the contemporary motion and active deformation of South America plate and relative motion of Nazca-South
America plate using space geodetic data. The South America plate is moving at average 14.5 mm/a with an azimuth of 15.2° and
shrinking in the west-east at 10.9 mm/a. The geodetic deformations of sites with respect to the South America plate are in
quite good agreement with the estimated deformations from NNR-NUVEL1A, but the deformation of the western South America regions
is very large.
Project supported by the National Important Basic Research Project (No. G. 1998040703), and Open Research Fund Program of
the Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, Ministry of Education, China (No. 030405).