Rapid strain accumulation on the Ashkabad fault (Turkmenistan) from atmosphere-corrected InSAR

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3674-3690

  Walters, R J ^a,b   Elliott, J R ^a   Li, Z ^c   Parsons, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ashkabad; InSAR; interseismic; Iran; MERIS; Turkmenistan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; ENVISAT-1; GEOACCUMULATION; GEODESY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRARED IMAGERY; MERIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIP RATE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

AHAL; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; IRAN; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 84882770571     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50236     Document Type: Article

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