Anticline growing beneath the urban area of Catania (Italy) measured by SAR interferometry

Author

Berardino, P. ; Borgia, A. ; Fornaro, Gianfranco ; Lanari, R. ; Sansosti, E. ; Tesauro, M.

Author_Institution

Ist. di Ricerca per l´´Elettromagn. e i Componenti Elettronici, CNR, Naples, Italy

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2218

Abstract

The authors applied the differential SAR interferometry technique to detect and measure the rise of a basal anticline beneath the urban area of Catania (Italy) which originates from outward thrusting above the basal decollement of Etna volcano. This phenomenon, coupled with the already documented active extension of the volcano summit area, demonstrates the occurrence of the active volcanic spreading process

Keywords

geodesy; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; tectonics; topography (Earth); volcanology; Catania; Etna; InSAR; Italy; SAR interferometry; Sicily; anticline; basal anticline; basal decollement; differential SAR interferometry; geodesy; geophysical measurement technique; growth; land surface; outward thrusting; radar observations; rise; spreading process; tectonics; topography; town; uplift; urban area; vertical motion; volcano; volcanology; Area measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geologic measurements; Geology; Interferometry; Layout; Orbits; Radar antennas; Urban areas; Volcanoes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858361

Filename

858361