New kinematic constraints of the western Doruneh fault, northeastern Iran, from interseismic deformation analysis

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 622-628

  Pezzo, Giuseppe ^a   Tolomei, Cristiano ^a   Atzori, Simone ^a   Salvi, Stefano ^a   Shabanian, Esmaeil ^b   Bellier, Olivier ^b   Farbod, Yassaman ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Image processing; Radar interferometry; Satellite geodesy; Seismic cycle; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; D-INSAR; DEFORMATION ANALYSIS; ENVISAT; FAULT SYSTEM; GROUND VELOCITY; INSAR DATA; KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEISMIC CYCLE; SINGLE EVENT; SLIP RATES; VELOCITY PROFILES;

DEFORMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGE PROCESSING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DATA SET; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ENVISAT-1; GEODESY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

IRAN;

EID: 84862188747     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05509.x     Document Type: Article

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