Fault creep rates of the Chaman fault (Afghanistan and Pakistan) inferred from InSAR

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 372-386

  Barnhart, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaman fault; fault creep; InSAR

Indexed keywords

ALOS; CREEP; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ENVISAT; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AFGHANISTAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 85013304797     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013656     Document Type: Article

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