Land subsidence caused by the East Mesa geothermal field, California, observed using SAR interferometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 901-904

  Massonnet, Didier ^a   Holzer, Thomas ^b   Vadon, Hélène ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SUBSIDENCE; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) IMAGES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SUBSIDENCE;

DATA SELECTION;

DEFORMATION; ERS-1; GEOTHERMAL FIELD; INTERFEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

USA, CALIFORNIA, EAST MESA GEOTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 0031126717     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00817     Document Type: Article

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