Geological interpretation of current subsidence and uplift in the London area, UK, as shown by high precision satellite-based surveying

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Aldiss, Don ^a   Burke, Helen ^a   Chacksfield, Barrie ^a   Bingley, Richard ^b,e   Teferle, Norman ^b,e,f   Williams, Simon ^c   Blackman, David ^c   Burren, Richard ^d,g   Press, Nigel ^d,g  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy (IESSG)   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Nigel Press Associates Ltd (NPA)   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^g CGG   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Land level change; London; PSI; Tectonic control

Indexed keywords

GPS; HOLOCENE; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PRECISION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBSIDENCE; SURVEYING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; THAMES ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890116550     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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