Upliftment estimation of the Zagros transverse fault in Iran using geoinformatics technology

Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1240-1256

  Safari, Hojjat Ollah ^a   Pirasteh, Saeid ^b   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^b,c  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Remote sensing; Upliftment estimation; Zagros mountains

Indexed keywords

EROSION LEVEL; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; GEO-INFORMATICS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMNS; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL STYLES; UPLIFTMENT ESTIMATION; ZAGROS MOUNTAINS;

EROSION; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80051732228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs1041240     Document Type: Article

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