Spatio-temporal evolution of aseismic ground deformation in the Mexicali Valley (Baja California, Mexico) from 1993 to 2010, using differential SAR interferometry

Sarychikhina, O.; Glowacka, E.

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Spatio-temporal evolution of aseismic ground deformation in the Mexicali Valley (Baja California, Mexico) from 1993 to 2010, using differential SAR interferometry

O. Sarychikhina and E. Glowacka

O. Sarychikhina

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Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico

E. Glowacka

Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico

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Subsidence monitoring with geotechnical instruments in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico

E. Glowacka, O. Sarychikhina, V. H. Márquez Ramírez, B. Robles, F. A. Nava, F. Farfán, and M. A. García Arthur

Proc. IAHS, 372, 243–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-243-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-243-2015, 2015

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In this work we use data from levelling, DInSAR, and geotechnical instruments records to compare the subsidence caused by anthropogenic activity and/or seismicity with slip recorded by geotechnical instruments, in an attempt to obtain more information about the process of fault slip associated with subsidence.

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Subsidence monitoring with geotechnical instruments in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico

E. Glowacka, O. Sarychikhina, V. H. Márquez Ramírez, B. Robles, F. A. Nava, F. Farfán, and M. A. García Arthur

Proc. IAHS, 372, 243–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-243-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-243-2015, 2015

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