Geodetic model of the 2015 April 25 Mw7.8 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake and Mw7.3 aftershock estimated from InSAR and GPS data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 896-900

  Feng, Guangcai ^a   Li, Zhiwei ^a   Shan, Xinjian ^b   Zhang, Lei ^c   Zhang, Guohong ^b   Zhu, Jianjun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Radar interferometry; Satellite geodesy; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FAULT-SLIP MODEL; MAXIMUM THRUST; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; REVERSE FAULTS; SEISMIC DISASTER; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84946205225     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv335     Document Type: Article

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