Finite deformation and displacement fields on the southern Yemen margin using satellite images, topographic data and a restoration method

Tectonophysics

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 173-193

  Thoué, Frédéric ^a   Vidal, Gérard ^a   Gratier, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LGIT CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model; Displacement fields; Rifting; Satellite imagery; Strained structures restoration; Yemen

Indexed keywords

DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION; DISPLACEMENT FIELD; RIFTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; STRUCTURAL RESTORATION;

YEMEN;

EID: 0031407989     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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