Spatially-resolved uplift rate of the Mount Sedom (Dead Sea) salt diapir from InSAR observations

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-106

  Pe'eri, Shachak ^a   Zebker, Howard B ^b   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a   Frumkin, Amos ^c   Hall, John K ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRISM; REMOTE SENSING; SALT TECTONICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; MOUNT SEDOM; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 3242738687     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/7B8G-6VFK-1GNH-QGF8     Document Type: Article

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