In this study the Satellite Radar Interferometry (InSAR) was applied to investigate the crustal deformation caused by the Bam Earthquake (M/sub w/=6.5) that occurred in Iran on December 26, 2003. It was a multiple seismic event that destroyed the historical City of Bam and provoked great damages in the urban centers of the region. The Bam area in the south-eastern part of Iran is an active seismic zone and the Bam Fault System is comprised by three specific segments (north, east and SE of Bam). The three-pass interferometric technique was applied using ENVISAT ASAR scenes. According to the interferometric processing results subsidence has occurred in the area NE of Bam City, while dextral strike-slip displacement has taken place in the southern area of Bam. The last deformation could be attribute to a parallel hidden segment of the Bam Fault that is reaching the surface according to the shear displacement during the earthquake.


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    Title :

    Seismotectonic investigation on the Bam earthquake prone area (Iran) based on ASAR interferometry


    Contributors:
    Parcharidis, I. (author) / Zare, M. (author) / Foumelis, M. (author) / Lagios, E. (author)


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    1332662 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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