A growing structure near the deformation front in SW Taiwan as deduced from SAR interferometry and geodetic observation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Mong Han ^a   Hu, Jyr Ching ^a   Hsieh, Chia Sheng ^b   Ching, Kuo En ^c   Rau, Ruey Juin ^c   Pathier, Erwan ^d   Fruneau, Bénédicte ^e   Deffontaines, Benoît ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAZARDS; INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONICS;

SEISMIC HAZARDS; SLANT RANGE DISPLACEMENT (SRD);

GEODESY;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750614945     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025613     Document Type: Article

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