Constraining crustal velocity fields with InSAR for Eastern Turkey: Limits to the block-like behavior of eastern Anatolia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5215-5234

  Walters, R J ^a   Parsons, B ^b   Wright, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatolia; InSAR; interseismic; strain rate; Turkey; velocity fields

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

EID: 84904670999     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010909     Document Type: Article

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