Constraints on surface deformation in the Seattle, WA, urban corridor from satellite radar interferometry time-series analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-41

  Finnegan, Noah J ^a   Pritchard, Mathew E ^a   Lohman, Rowena B ^a   Lundgren, Paul R ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: compressional; Hydrology; Intra plate processes; North America; Radar interferometry; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; ERS-1; ERS-2; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GPS; GROUNDWATER; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; TACOMA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 45449096764     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03822.x     Document Type: Article

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