Kinematics between the Adriatic and the Eurasian plate interior: further constraints from CEGRN and local space geodetic data

Within the EU 4th framework project CERGOP, later with the coordination or the CEGRN (Central European GPS Geodynamic Reference Network Consortium), and now as a EU 5th framework program the geodynamic research in Central Europe has been continued over a decade. The results from the latest space geodetic measurements have now been included in the combined and also in individual velocity solutions. After the 2001 campaign nearly twice as many sites have velocity estimates than before the extension or the network. The Adriatic region, the key player in shaping the tectonics of Central Europe, has several new stations with velocities on both sides of the microplate that further constrain its present motion. Some new permanent and epoch sites also complement the network in the Alpine-Pannonian-Carpathian system. This paper provides a status report on the compilation or the latest velocity field or the region. As a first step in modeling the diffuse deformation in the central part or the continental collision zone or Eurasia and Africa, an interpolated continuous velocity field was compiled and analyzed based on the combination or all available intraplate velocity solutions.