Episodic growth of fault-related fold in northern Japan observed by SAR interferometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Nishimura, Takuya ^a   Tobita, Mikio ^a   Yarai, Hiroshi ^a   Amagai, Tomomi ^a   Fujiwara, Midori ^a   Une, Hiroshi ^a   Koarai, Mamoru ^a  

^a GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGET DRONES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT-RELATED FOLD; INTERFEROGRAMS; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MAIN SHOCKS; SAR DATA; SAR INTERFEROMETRY; SOURCE AREAS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; STATIC STRESSES; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; FOLD; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRESS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

EID: 53849136286     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034337     Document Type: Article

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