Interseismic slip rate of the Garze-Yushu fault belt in the Tibetan Plateau from C-band InSAR observations between 2003 and 2010

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2005-2015

  Liu, Yang ^a,b   Xu, Caijun ^a   Li, Zhenhong ^b   Wen, Yangmao ^a   Forrest, David ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Garze Yushu fault belt; InSAR; Interseismic slip rate; Recurrence interval; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); STRAIN ENERGY;

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVALS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; INSAR; INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SLIP RATES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 80054886556     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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