The 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, seismic sequence: Multiple source analysis from InSAR data and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Atzori, S ^a   Tolomei, C ^a   Antonioli, A ^a   Merryman Boncori, J P ^a   Bannister, S ^b   Trasatti, E ^a   Pasquali, P ^c   Salvi, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c SARMAP SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DATA INVERSION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP; GPS; MODELING; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84865752301     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009178     Document Type: Article

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