Investigating the ground deformation and source model of the Yangbajing geothermal field in Tibet, China with the WLS InSAR technique

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Hu, Jun ^a   Wang, Qijie ^a   Li, Zhiwei ^a   Zhao, Rong ^a   Sun, Qian ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation monitoring; InSAR; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Source model inversion; Yangbajing geothermal field

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; PERMAFROST;

DEFORMATION MONITORING; ELASTIC HALF-SPACE THEORIES; ENVISAT/ASAR IMAGES; FREEZING THAWING CYCLES; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; INSAR; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SOURCE MODELING;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84962543318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8030191     Document Type: Article

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