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In:
Eos Trans. AGU, Karlsruhe, Nuclear Technology Publ., vol. 87, no. 7, pp. 73
& 77, pp. L21601, (ISBN: 0534351875, 2nd edition)
Publication Date:
2006
Description:
While it is well-known that the collision of the Indian subcontinent with
the Eurasian continent forms the Himalayas, the real-time spatial crustal movement of
these plates is difficult to observe. However, scientists can witness a part of this
process of the formation of the Himalayas through an eye in space: synthetic aperture
radar (SAR). From the European Space Agency's Envisat, a satellite with SAR, the details
of crustal deformation resulting from a major earthquake - a chance snapshot of the
growth of the Himalayas - has been captured. Envisat's SAR has provided important data
about the northern Pakistan earthquake (M7.6) of 8 October 2005, which occurred in the
Kashmir region in the northwestern part of the Himalayas
Keywords:
Earthquake
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Crustal deformation (cf. Earthquake precursor: deformation or strain)
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InSAR
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remote
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sensing
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ESA
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ENVISAT
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IKONOS
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(ALOS)
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Source parameters
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Data analysis / ~ processing
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Geodesy
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1209
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Geodesy
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and
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Gravity:
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Tectonic
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deformation
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1240
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Satellite
;
geodesy:
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results
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6969
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Radio
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Science:
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Remote
;
sensing
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