Current slip rates on conjugate strike-slip faults in central Tibet using synthetic aperture radar interferometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Taylor, Michael ^a,b   Peltzer, Gilles ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 34547922458     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004014     Document Type: Article

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