Surface deformation in Houston, Texas using GPS

Tectonophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Engelkemeir, Richard ^a   Khan, Shuhab D ^b   Burke, Kevin ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faults; GPS; Houston; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT MOVEMENT; GPS; GPS DATA; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GULF OF MEXICO; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; HOUSTON; HOUSTON , TEXAS; NATURAL HAZARD; SALT DOMES; SURFACE DEFORMATION; SURFACE MOVEMENT; SURFACE SUBSIDENCE; URBAN AREAS;

DATA PROCESSING; DEFORMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OPTICAL RADAR;

SUBSIDENCE;

ACTIVE FAULT; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORMATION; GPS; GROUND MOTION; NATURAL HAZARD; SALT DOME; SUBSIDENCE; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954028249     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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