InSAR observations of strain accumulation and fault creep along the Chaman Fault system, Pakistan and Afghanistan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 8399-8406

  Fattahi, Heresh ^a,b   Amelung, Falk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaman Fault; earthquake hazard; fault creep; InSAR; plate motion; strain accumulation

Indexed keywords

CREEP; HAZARDS; STRAIN RATE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING RADAR;

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; FAULT CREEP; INSAR; PLATE MOTIONS; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS;

FAULTING;

BLOCK ROTATION; CREEP; ENVISAT; MICROPLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RADAR IMAGERY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SHEAR STRAIN; SLIP RATE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TIME SERIES;

AFGHANISTAN; INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84982218498     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070121     Document Type: Article

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