Finite element modelling of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake through the joint exploitation of DInSAR measurements and geologic-structural information

Tectonophysics

Volumn 714-715, Issue , 2017, Pages 125-132

  Castaldo, R ^a   De Novellis, V ^a   Solaro, G ^a   Pepe, S ^a   Tizzani, P ^a   De Luca, C ^a   Bonano, M ^a   Manunta, M ^a   Casu, F ^a   Zinno, I ^a   Lanari, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake; Finite element fault modelling; Sentinel 1A and ALOS 2 DInSAR measurements

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; D-INSAR; DEFORMATION MEASUREMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; MAIN BOUNDARY THRUSTS; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUSTS; STRESS FIELD DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AFTERSHOCK; ALOS; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GORKHA EARTHQUAKE 2015; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SENTINEL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

EID: 84978878075     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.06.037     Document Type: Article

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