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The method is applied to daily coordinate solutions of continuous GNSS stations of the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC). The results show that: (a) The baseline linear strain rates are uneven in space, which is prominent in the Tianshan, Sichuan-Yunnan, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and Yanjing areas, with a maximum value of 1 \u00d7 10\u22127 a\u22121, and about two orders smaller in the South China block, the Northeast block, and the inner area of the Tarim basin, where the average baseline linear strain rates are 1.471 \u00d7 10\u22129 a\u22121, 2.242 \u00d7 10\u22129 a\u22121, and 3.056 \u00d7 10\u22129 a\u22121, respectively; (b) Active crustal deformation and strong earthquakes in the Xinjiang area are mainly located in the north and south sides of the Tianshan block; the compression deformations both inside the Tarim block and in the southern Tianshan fault zone are all increasing from east to west, and the Tarim block is not a completely \u201crigid block\u201d, with the shrinkage rate in the west part at about 1~2 mm\/a; (c) The principal directions of crustal deformation in the Xinjiang, Tibet, and Sichuan-Yunnan regions are generally in the north\u2014south compression and east\u2014west extension, indicating that the collision and wedging between the Indian and Eurasian plates are still the main source of tectonic movements in mainland China.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13132481","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,25]],"date-time":"2021-06-25T11:07:40Z","timestamp":1624619260000},"page":"2481","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Analysis of Crustal Movement and Deformation in Mainland China Based on CMONOC Baseline Time Series"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jicang","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]},{"given":"Xinyou","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]},{"given":"Weiwei","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100036, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6584-0380","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guojie","family":"Meng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100036, China"}]},{"given":"Yingying","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"660","article-title":"Present-day Tectonic Deformation in Continental China: Thirty Years of GPS Observation and Research","volume":"36","author":"Wang","year":"2020","journal-title":"Earthq. 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