Interseismic slip rate of the northwestern Xianshuihe fault from InSAR data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Wang, H ^a,b   Wright, T J ^b   Biggs, J ^a,c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DEFORMATION GRADIENTS; DEFORMATION RATES; ENVISAT SATELLITES; FAULT-SLIP RATES; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HOLOCENE; INSAR DATUM; INTERFEROGRAM; JOINT INVERSIONS; LINE OF SIGHTS; MONTE-CARLO METHODS; SAR DATUM; SLIP RATES; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; SURFACE TRACES; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; XIANSHUIHE FAULTS; ENVISAT SATELLITE; INSAR; INTERSEISMIC SLIP; XIANSHUIHE FAULT;

DEFORMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

STRAIN RATE; FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; ENVISAT-1; FAULT SLIP; GPS; HOLOCENE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE;

EID: 65249156586     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036560     Document Type: Article

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