Three-dimensional surface deformation derived from airborne interferometric UAVSAR: Application to the Slumgullion Landslide

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 3951-3977

  Delbridge, Brent G ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^a   Fielding, Eric ^b   Hensley, Scott ^b   Schulz, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

geodesy; InSAR; inversion; landslide; Slumgullion; UAVSAR

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEODESY; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDSLIDE; RHEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOPLASTICITY;

EID: 84971247571     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012559     Document Type: Article

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