Satellite geodetic imaging reveals internal deformation of western Tibet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wang, H ^a,b   Wright, T J ^b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VELOCITY;

BLOCK BOUNDARIES; CRUSTAL BLOCK; FAULT STRUCTURE; GPS DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERFEROGRAMS; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; KARAKORAM FAULT; RADAR IMAGE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SLIP RATES; VELOCITY FIELD;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RADAR IMAGERY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLIP RATE;

CHINA; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; XIZANG;

EID: 84859601538     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051222     Document Type: Article

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