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Reliable use of strain data in geophysical studies requires their preliminary correction for ocean loading and various local distortions. These effects, in turn, can be estimated from the tidal records which are contributed by solid and oceanic loading. In this work, we estimate the oceanic tidal loading at two European strain stations (Baksan, Russia, and Gran Sasso, Italy) by analyzing the results obtained with the different Earth and ocean models. The influence of local distortions on the strain measurements at the two stations is estimated.
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Original Russian Text © V.K. Milyukov, A. Amoruso, L. Crescentini, A.P. Mironov, A.V. Myasnikov, A.V. Lagutkina, 2018, published in Fizika Zemli, 2018, No. 2, pp. 151–163.
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Milyukov, V.K., Amoruso, A., Crescentini, L. et al. Oceanic Loading and Local Distortions at the Baksan, Russia, and Gran Sasso, Italy, Strain Stations. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 54, 336–348 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351318020131
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