Spatiotemporal evolution of surface creep in the Parkfield region of the San Andreas Fault (1993-2004) from synthetic aperture radar

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 141-150

  De Michele, M ^a   Raucoules, D ^a   Rolandone, F ^b   Briole, P ^c   Salichon, J ^d   Lemoine, A ^a   Aochi, H ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aseismic creep; Cholame; InSAR; Parkfield; San Andreas Fault

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; REMOTE SENSING; SLIP FORMING; SPACE-BASED RADAR; STICK-SLIP; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CHOLAME; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; INSAR; PARKFIELD; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SPATIOTEMPORAL EVOLUTION; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CREEP; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT SLIP; GPS; PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE 2004; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959988337     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.049     Document Type: Article

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