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Surface Ruptures and Building Damage of the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake Mapped by Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometric CorrelationWe use the interferometric correlation from Envisat synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to map the details of the surface ruptures related to the 26 December 2003 earthquake that devastated Bam, Iran. The main strike-slip fault rupture south of the city of Bam has a series of four segments with left steps shown by a narrow line of low correlation in the coseismic interferogram. This also has a clear expression in the field because of the net extension across the fault. Just south of the city limits, the surface strain becomes distributed over a width of about 500 m, probably because of a thicker layer of soft sedimentary material.
Document ID
20070023500
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fielding, Eric J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Talebian, M.
(Geological Survey of Iran Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Rosen, P. A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Nazari, H.
(Geological Survey of Iran Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Jackson, J. A.
(Cambridge Univ. Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Ghorashi, M.
(Geological Survey of Iran Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Walker, R.
(Cambridge Univ. Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
March 4, 2005
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Volume: 110
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Geophysics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
interferometry
surface ruptures

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