Present-day strain distribution across a segment of the central bend of the north anatolian fault zone from a persistent-scatterersb InSAR analysis of the ERS and envisat archives

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 929-945

  Peyret, M ^a   Masson, F ^b   Yavasoglu, H ^c   Ergintav, S ^d   Reilinger, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plate motions; Radar interferometry; Seismic cycle; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKES; FLOW VELOCITY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; LOCKS (FASTENERS); POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSFORM FAULTS; TRANSPIRATION;

COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; INTERFEROMETRIC RADARS; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; PERSISTENT SCATTERERS; PLATE MOTIONS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMIC CYCLE;

VELOCITY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ENVISAT-1; FAULT ZONE; GPS; GROUND MOTION; PLATE MOTION; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84876872236     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs085     Document Type: Article

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