Active salt tectonics in the Needles District, Canyonlands (Utah) as detected by interferometric synthetic aperture radar and point target analysis: 1992-2002

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Furuya, M ^a,b   Mueller, Karl ^a   Wahr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; INTERFEROMETRY; SALT TECTONICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 34548452058     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004302     Document Type: Article

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