Estimation of coseismic deformation and a fault model of the 2010 Yushu earthquake using PALSAR interferometry data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 430-438

  Tobita, Mikio ^a   Nishimura, Takuya ^a   Kobayashi, Tomokazu ^a   Hao, Ken Xiansheng ^b   Shindo, Yoshikuni ^c  

^a GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^c MITSUBISHI SPACE SOFTWARE CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fault model; Ganzi Yushu fault; InSAR; Postseismic displacement; ScanSAR

Indexed keywords

FAULT MODEL; GANZI-YUSHU FAULT; INSAR; POSTSEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; SCANSAR;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEFORMATION;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP; INTERFEROMETRY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CHINA; QINGHAI; YUSHU;

EID: 79959762480     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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