InSAR mapping and modelling of an active iranian salt extrusion

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-170

  Aftabi, Pedram ^a   Roustaie, Mahasa ^a   Ian Alsop, G ^b   Talbot, Christopher J ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLATION; DIAPIR; DISPLACEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SALT DOME; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

IRAN; ZAGROS;

EID: 84875651878     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-165     Document Type: Article

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