Active deformation of Tainan tableland of southwestern Taiwan based on geodetic measurements and SAR interferometry

Tectonophysics

Volumn 466, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 322-334

  Huang, Mong Han ^a   Hu, Jyr Ching ^a   Ching, Kuo En ^b   Rau, Ruey Juin ^b   Hsieh, Chia Sheng ^c   Pathier, Erwan ^d   Fruneau, Bénédicte ^e   Deffontaines, Benoît ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Deformation front; Houchiali Fault; InSAR; Tainan Tableland; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION FRONT; HOUCHIALI FAULT; INSAR; TAINAN TABLELAND; TAIWAN;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOTION COMPENSATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

ACTIVE FAULT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DATA SET; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; RADAR IMAGERY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 60649095401     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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