InSAR observation of the strike-slip faults in the northwest Himalayan frontal thrust system

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-736

  Chen, Lize ^a   Khan, Shuhab D ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RADAR IMAGERY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THRUST FAULT;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 78049481606     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00518.1     Document Type: Article

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