InSAR data as a field guide for mapping minor earthquake surface ruptures: Ground displacements along the Paganica Fault during the 6 April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Guerrieri, L ^a   Baer, G ^b   Hamiel, Y ^b   Amit, R ^b   Blumetti, A M ^a   Comerci, V ^a   Di Manna, P ^a   Michetti, A M ^c   Salamon, A ^b   Mushkin, A ^b   Sileo, G ^c   Vittori, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULTING; GEODESY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 79251550445     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007579     Document Type: Article

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