Surface deformation associated with the March 1996 earthquake swarm at Akutan Island, Alaska, revealed by C-band ERS and L-band JERS radar interferometry

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-20

  Lu, Zhong ^a   Wicks, Charles ^b   Kwoun, Ohig ^a   Power, John A ^a   Dzurisin, Daniel ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; DEGASSING; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

EARTHQUAKE SWARM; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (INSAR); RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 19544362397     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m04-054     Document Type: Article

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