GEODYNAMIC SITUATION IN AZERBAIJAN ACCORDING TO GPS STATIONS IN 2019

Abstract

The strain rates of the Earth's crust of the territory of Azerbaijan are considered according to GPS measurements using the GAMIT/GLOBK program for 2019. The axes of compression/contraction of the Earth's crust in the Greater Caucasus region are in the S-NE direction. The maximum values of strain rates (15 mm per year) are observed at stations where there is a sharp
change in the directions of the compression axes (SW-NE). Zones with very low strain rates, of 3.6–4.8 mm per year (Absheron Peninsula) were also identified in the deformation field.