Large-Scale Crustal Deformation of the Tianshan Mountains, **njiang, from Sentinel-1 InSAR Observations (2015–2020)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
3. Data and InSAR Time Series Processing
3.1. Data
3.2. SBAS-InSAR with Atmospheric-Corrected Interferograms
3.3. InSAR LOS Velocity Decomposition
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Bolokenu-Aqikekuduke Fault
5.2. Post-Seismic Spatio-Temporal Evolution of **ghe Earthquake
5.3. Huoerguosi-Manas-Tugulu Anticline Belt
5.4. Kuqa Depression
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sha, P.; He, X.; Wang, X.; Gao, Z. Large-Scale Crustal Deformation of the Tianshan Mountains, **njiang, from Sentinel-1 InSAR Observations (2015–2020). Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 4901. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15204901
Sha P, He X, Wang X, Gao Z. Large-Scale Crustal Deformation of the Tianshan Mountains, **njiang, from Sentinel-1 InSAR Observations (2015–2020). Remote Sensing. 2023; 15(20):4901. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15204901
Chicago/Turabian StyleSha, Pengcheng, **ufeng He, **aohang Wang, and Zhuang Gao. 2023. "Large-Scale Crustal Deformation of the Tianshan Mountains, **njiang, from Sentinel-1 InSAR Observations (2015–2020)" Remote Sensing 15, no. 20: 4901. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15204901