The source motion of 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake constrained by satellite and ground-based geodetic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 849-865

  Peyret, M ^a   Chery J ^a   Djamour, Y ^b   Avallone, A ^c   Sarti, F ^d   Briole, P ^e   Sarpoulaki, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b National Cartographic Centre of Iran   (Iran)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Bam; Geodetic data inversion; Iran; Levelling; Neighbourhood algorithm; SAR interferometry; Subpixel correlation offsets

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAM EARTHQUAKE 2003; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ENVISAT-1; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE; RUPTURE; SATELLITE DATA; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; BAM; EURASIA; IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34250204182     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03358.x     Document Type: Article

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