Crustal deformation associated with an M8.1 earthquake in the Solomon Islands, detected by ALOS/PALSAR

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 385-391

  Miyagi, Yousuke ^a   Ozawa, Taku ^b   Shimada, Masanobu ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALOS PALSAR; crustal deformation; DInSAR; earthquake; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ALOS/PALSAR; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DINSAR; EPICENTRAL AREA; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GROUND MOVEMENT; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC FAULTS; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMAL ACTIVITY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WEAK COUPLINGS; WIDE AREA;

DEFORMATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOVEMENT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TSUNAMI;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 70350125973     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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