简介:ThispaperpresentsthecontemporarymotionandactivedeformationofSouthAmericaplateandrelativemotionofNazca-SouthAmericaplateusingspacegeodeticdata.TheSouthAmericaplateismovingataverage14.5mm/awithanazimuthof15.2°andshrinkinginthewest-eastat10.9mm/a.ThegeodeticdeformationsofsiteswithrespecttotheSouthAmericaplateareinquitegoodagreementwiththeestimateddeformationsfromNNR-NUVEL1A,butthedeformationofthewesternSouthAmericaregionsisverylarge.