Assessment of land subsidence phenomenon in Kolkata city, India using satellite-based D-InSAR technique

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Chatterjee, R S ^a   Roy, P S ^b   Dadhwal, V K ^a   Lakhera, R C ^a   Quang, T X ^c   Saha, R ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^b NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d West Bengal State Water Investigation Directorate   (India)

Author keywords

D InSAR; Kolkata city; Land subsidence

Indexed keywords

RAJA;

EID: 34547142719     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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