Slow earthquake in Afghanistan detected by InSAR

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Furuya, M ^a   Satyabala, S P ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DATA REDUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RADAR;

FAULT SYSTEMS; PLATE MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE; SLIP;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 44349175437     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033049     Document Type: Article

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