Use of remote sensing data and GIS tools for seismic hazard assessment for shallow oilfields and its impact on the settlements at Masjed-i-Soleiman area, Zagros Mountains, Iran

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1364-1377

  Safari, Hojjat Ollah ^a   Pirasteh, Saied ^b,d   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^b,c   Gharibvand, Ladan Khedri ^d  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

GIS; Remote sensing; Seismic hazard assessment; Zagros Mountain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CAP ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FIELD OBSERVATION DATA; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; GAS CAP; GAS LEAKAGES; HORIZONTAL ACCELERATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; POTENTIAL MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RICHTER SCALE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SHALLOW BURIED; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; ZAGROS MOUNTAIN;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; OIL FIELDS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84860390307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2051364     Document Type: Article

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