The following figures show areas where InSAR research has been performed in California (upper figure = geographical areas; lower figure = SAR frames). Below that is a list of related articles and abstracts subdivided by the area concerned (note that some articles might cover more than one geographical area and so occur in more than one section below). Please note that we are not claiming the figures or list to be complete.

Click on the thumbnails below for full maps (upper figure = geographical areas; lower figure = SAR frames):

Click on the following links to jump straight to references for that area: Algodones dunefield Antelope Valley Belridge oil fields Coachella Valley Coso Range Coso volcanic field East Mesa geothermal field Eastern California shear zone Eureka Valley earthquake Fish Lake Valley Fort Irwin Hayward fault Hector Mine earthquake Landers earthquake Long Valley caldera Los Angeles basin Lost Hills Northridge earthquake Paso Robles Salton Sea San Andreas fault San Bernardino southern San Francisco Bay San Gabriel Mountains Santa Clara Valley

Algodones dunefield (top of page)

Rosen, P. A. and S. N. Madsen, Radar interferometry of aeolian surfaces; ERS observations of the Algodones Dunefield, California, Eos. Trans. AGU, 78(46), pp. 406, 1997.

Antelope Valley (top of page)

Galloway, D. L., K. W. Hudnut, S. E. Ingebritsen, S. P. Phillips, G. Peltzer, F. Rogez and P. A. Rosen, Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California, Water Resources Research, 34(10), 2573-2585, 1998.

Galloway, D. L., D. R. Jones and S. E. Ingebritsen, Measuring land subsidence from space, USGS Fact Sheet FS 0051-00, 4 pp., USGS, Reston, VA, 2000.

Hudnut, K. W., G. Peltzer, P. A. Rosen, F. Rogez, D. L. Galloway, M. Ikehara and S. P. Phillips, Land subsidence detection and monitoring with SAR interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(46), F32, 1996.

Belridge oil fields (top of page)

Fielding, E. J., R. G. Blom and R. M. Goldstein, Rapid subsidence over oil fields measured by SAR interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 25(17), 3215-3218, 1998.

van der Kooij, M. W. A., Land subsidence measurements at the Belridge oil fields from ERS InSAR data, in Space at the service of our environment, European Space Agency Special Publication, 414, Part 1, pp. 1853-1858, European Space Agency, Paris, 1997.

Coachella Valley (top of page)

Sneed, M., M. E. Ikehara, D. L. Galloway and F. Amelung, Detection and measurement of land subsidence using Global Positioning System and interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Coachella Valley, California, 1996-98, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report WRI 01-4193, 31 pp., USGS, Reston, VA, 2001.

Coso Range (top of page)

Wicks, C. W., W. Thatcher, F. C. Monastero and M. A. Hasting, Deformation of the Coso Range, east-central California, from satellite radar interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 80(46), 1194, 1999.

Wicks, C. W., W. Thatcher, F. C. Monastero and M. A. Hasting, Steady state deformation of the Coso Range, east central California, inferred from satellite radar interferometry, J. Geoph. Res., 106, 13769-13780, 2001.

Coso volcanic field (top of page)

Fialko, Y. and M. Simons, Deformation and seismicity in the Coso geothermal area, Inyo County, California: Observations and modeling using satellite radar interferometry, J. Geoph. Res., 105, 21781-21794, 2000.

Njoroge, D., Y. Fialko and M. Simons, Ground deformations near the Coso geothermal plant, eastern California, as imaged by interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Eos. Trans. AGU, 80(46), 1178, 1999.

East Mesa geothermal field (top of page)

Massonnet, D., T. L. Holzer and H. Vadon, Land subsidence caused by the East Mesa geothermal field, California, observed using SAR interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 24(8), 901-904, 1997. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Eastern California shear zone (top of page)

Peltzer, G., F. Crampe, S. Hensley and P. Rosen, Transient strain accumulation and fault interaction in the Eastern California shear zone, Geology, 29(11), 975-978, 2001. (Link requires GSA/Geology subscription.)

Eureka Valley earthquake (top of page)

Massonnet, D. and K. L. Feigl, Satellite radar interferometric map of the coseismic deformation field of the M = 6.1 Eureka Valley, California earthquake of May 17, 1993, Geoph. Res. Lett., 22(12), 1541-1544, 1995. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Peltzer, G. and P. Rosen, Surface displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, earthquake observed by SAR interferometry, Science, 268(5215), 1333-1336, 1995.

Fish Lake Valley (top of page)

Hooper, D. M., M. I. Bursik and F. H. Webb, Numerical modeling of fault scarp degradation, Fish Lake valley (California-Nevada), Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 30(7), 142, 1998.

Fort Irwin (top of page)

Werner, C. L., S. Hensley, P. A. Rosen and U. Wegmueller, Comparison of repeat track interferometric correlation signatures from ERS-1, ERS tandem, SIR-C, and JERS-1, in ERS SAR interferometry; Volume 2, European Space Agency Special Publication, 406, Part 1, pp. 117, European Space Agency, Paris, 1997.

Hayward fault (top of page)

Bürgmann, R., E. Fielding and J. Sukhatme, Slip along the Hayward Fault, California, estimated from space-based synthetic aperture radar interferometry, Geology, 26(6), 559-562, 1998.

Bürgmann, R., J. Sukhatme and E. Fielding, Resolution of the interseismic subsurface slip distribution along the Hayward Fault, California from GPS and SAR interferometry data, Seis. Res. Lett., 69(2), 145, 1998.

Bürgmann, R., J. Sukhatme and E. Fielding, Seismic potential of the northern Hayward fault from space based SAR imterferometry and GPS measurments, Eos. Trans. AGU, 79(45), 36, 1998.

Hector Mine earthquake (top of page)

Fialko, Y., M. Simons and D. C. Agnew, The complete (3-D) surface displacement field in the epicentral area of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, California, from space geodetic observations, Geoph. Res. Lett., 28(16), 3063-3066, 2001.

Jacobs, A., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko and L. Sichoix, The 1999 (Mw 7.1) Hector Mine, California Earthquake: Near-Field Postseismic Deformation from ERS Interferometry, BSSA, in press.

Mellors, R. J. and L. Sichoix, Observations of co-seismic and post-seismic slip from the Hector Mine earthquake as recorded by INSAR, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 33(3), 80, 2000.

Mellors, R. J., L. Sichoix and D. T. Sandwell, Lack of Precursory Slip to the Hector Mine Earthquake as constrained by INSAR, BSSA, in press.

Pollitz, F. F., C. Wicks and W. Thatcher, Mantle flow beneath a continental strike-slip fault; postseismic deformation after the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake, Science, 293(5536), 1814-1818, 2001.

Sandwell, D. T., L. Sichoix, D. Agnew, Y. Bock and J.-B. Minster, Near real-time radar interferometry of the Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, Geoph. Res. Lett., 27(19), 3101-3104, 2000.

Sandwell, D. T., L. Sichoix and B. Smith, The 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake, Southern California: Vector Near-Field Displacements from ERS InSAR, BSSA, in press.

Landers earthquake (top of page)

Crippen, R. E. and R. G. Blom, Imageodesy applied to the Landers earthquake; an update and a comparison to radar interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 74(43), 68, 1993.

Feigl, K. L. and A. Sergent, Estimation of an earthquake focal mechanism from a satellite radar interferogram; application to the Mw = 5.1 Landers aftershock of December 4, 1992, Terra Abstracts, 7, Supp. 1, 36, 1995.

Feigl, K. L., A. Sergent and D. Jacq, Estimation of an earthquake focal mechanism from a satellite radar interferogram; application to the December 4, 1992 Landers aftershock, Geoph. Res. Lett., 22(9), 1037-1040, 1995. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Hernandez, B., F. Cotton and M. Campillo, Genetic inversion of a synthetic aperture radar interferogram to constrain the slip over the fault during the June 28, 1992, Landers, California, earthquake, Eos. Trans. AGU, 78(46), 474, 1997.

Hernandez, B., F. Cotton, M. Campillo and D. Massonnet, A comparison between short term (coseismic) and long term (one-year) displacements on a fault deduced from strong motions and SAR interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(46), 481, 1996.

Hernandez, B., F. Cotton, M. Campillo and D. Massonnet, A comparison between short-term (coseismic) and long-term (1 year) slip for the Landers earthquake; measurements from strong motion and SAR interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 24(13), 1579-1582, 1997. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Massonnet, D., Application of remote sensing data in earthquake monitoring, in Natural hazards; monitoring and assessment using remote sensing technique; proceedings of the A3.2 meeting of COSPAR scientific commission A, Advances in Space Research, 15(11), edited by R. P. Singh and R. Furrer, pp. 37-44, Pergamon, Oxford-New York, 1995.

Massonnet, D. and K. L. Feigl, Radar interferometric mapping of deformation in the year after the Landers earthquake, Eos. Trans. AGU, 75(16), 109, 1994.

Massonnet, D. and K. L. Feigl, Discrimination of geophysical phenomena in satellite radar interferograms, Geoph. Res. Lett., 22(12), 1537-1540, 1995. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Massonnet, D., K. Feigl, M. Rossi and F. Adragna, Radar interferometric mapping of deformation in the year after the Landers earthquake, Nature, 369(6477), 227-230, 1994.

Massonnet, D., M. Rossi, C. Carmona, F. Adragna, G. Peltzer, K. Feigl and T. Rabaute, The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry, Nature, 364, 138-142, 1993.

Michel, R., J.-P. Avouac and J. Taboury, Measuring near field coseismic displacements from SAR images; application to the Landers earthquake, Geoph. Res. Lett., 26(19), 3017-3020, 1999. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Peltzer, G., K. L. Feigl and D. Massonnet, Co-seismic surface displacement of the Landers earthquake sequence mapped by radar interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 74(43), 60, 1993.

Peltzer, G., K. W. Hudnut and K. L. Feigl, Analysis of coseismic surface displacement gradients using radar interferometry; new insights into the Landers earthquake, J. Geoph. Res., 99, 21-971-21-981, 1994.

Peltzer, G., P. Rosen and K. W. Hudnut, Mapping co-seismic surface displacement using radar interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 75(16), 109, 1994.

Peltzer, G., P. Rosen and K. W. Hudnut, Post-, inter-seismic surface strain measured with SAR interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(17), 259, 1996.

Peltzer, G., P. Rosen, F. Rogez and K. Hudnut, Crustal deformation in Southern California using SAR interferometry, in Space at the service of our environment, ESA Special Publication 414, pp. 545-548, ESA, Paris, 1997.

Pollitz, F. F., G. Peltzer and R. Bürgmann, Mobility of continental mantle; evidence from postseismic geodetic observations following the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geoph. Res., 105, 8035-8054, 2000.

Price, E. J., Coseismic and Postseismic Deformations Associated With the 1992 Landers, California, Earthquake Measured by Synthetic Aperture Radar Interfereometry, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, 1999.
Preliminaries, including table of contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6

Price, E. J. and D. T. Sandwell, Small, linear displacements directly related to the Landers, 1992 earthquake mapped by INSAR, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(46), F50, 1996.

Price, E. J. and D. T. Sandwell, Small-scale deformations associated with the 1992 Landers, California, earthquake mapped by synthetic aperture radar interferometry phase gradients, J. Geoph. Res., 103, 27001-27016, 1998.

Sandwell, D. T. and E. J. Price, Phase gradient approach to stacking interferograms, J. Geoph. Res., 103, 30183-30204, 1998.

Thatcher, W. R., D. Massonnet and H. Vadon, Detection of postseismic deformation following the 1992 M7.3 Landers California earthquake using satellite radar interferometry, in Proceedings of the First joint meeting of the U.S.-Japan conference on Natural resources (UJNR) panel on earthquake research, USGS Open-File Report OF 97-0467, edited by J. Dieterich and K. Nonomura, pp. 53-56, USGS, Reston, VA, 1997.

Vadon, H. and D. Massonnet, Earthquake displacement fields mapped by very precise correlation; complementarity with radar interferometry, in International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000, Vol. 6, pp. 2700-2702, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, NY, 2000.

Vincent, P., Application of SAR interferometry to low-rate crustal deformation fields, Doctoral dissertation, 218 pp., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1998.

Zebker, H. A., P. A. Rosen, R. M. Goldstein, A. Gabriel and C. L. Werner, On the derivation of coseismic displacement fields using differential radar interferometry: The Landers earthquake, J. Geoph. Res., 99, 19,617-19,634, 1994.

Long Valley caldera (top of page)

Fialko, Y., M. Simons and Y. Khazan, Finite source modeling of magmatic unrest in Socorro, New Mexico, and Long Valley, California, Geoph. J. Int., 146, 191-200, 2001.

Simons, M., Y. Fialko, E. Chapin, S. Hensley, P. A. Rosen, S. Shaffer and F. Webb, Analysis of geodetic measurements of crustal deformation at Long Valley Caldera, Eos. Trans. AGU, 80(46), 1194, 1999.

Simons, M., S. Hensley, M. Murakami, P. A. Rosen, M. Tobita and F. H. Webb, Observations of crustal deformation in Long Valley, CA using interferometric synthetic aperature radar, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(17), 262, 1996.

Thatcher, W. and D. Massonnet, Crustal deformation of Long Valley Caldera, eastern California, 1992-1996, inferred from satellite radar interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 24(20), 2519-2522, 1997. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Thatcher, W., D. Massonnet, H. Vadon, J. H. Langbein, D. P. Hill and D. Dzurisin, Satellite radar interferometic constraints on rate and extent of deformation at Long Valley Caldera, California, 1992-1995, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(46), F50, 1996.

Webb, F. H., M. Simons, S. Hensley, P. A. Rosen, E. Chapin and S. Shaffer, A model depth of 11 km for a single Mogi source for the inflation of Long Valley Caldera from 1992.5-1995.75 using InSAR, Eos. Trans. AGU, 78(46), 818, 1997.

Los Angeles basin (top of page)

Argus, et al., Shortening and thickening of metropolitan Los Angeles measured and inferred by using geodesy, Geology, 27, 703-706, 1999.

Bawden, G. W., W. Thatcher, R. S. Stein, C. Wicks, K. Hudnut and G. Peltzer, Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects, Nature, 412, 812-815, 2001. (Link requires Nature subscription.)

Bawden, G. W., W. Thatcher, R. S. Stein, C. Wicks, K. Hudnut and G. Peltzer, Ground Water Pumping Masks Tectonic Deformation near Los Angeles, California, Eos. Trans. AGU, 81(48), Fall Meet. Suppl., F531, 2000.

Bock, Y., P. Fang, B. Minster, E. Price, D. Sandwell, K. Watson, S. Williams and F. Wyatt, Integration of synthetic aperture radar interferometry and continuous GPS for crustal deformation monitoring, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(46), 139, 1996.

Bock, Y. and S. Williams, Integrated Satellite Interferometry in Southern California, Eos. Trans. AGU, 78, 293 and 299-300, 1997.

Peltzer, G., P. Rosen and K. W. Hudnut, Post-, inter-seismic surface strain measured with SAR interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(17), 259, 1996.

Peltzer, G., P. Rosen, F. Rogez and K. Hudnut, Crustal deformation in Southern California using SAR interferometry, in Space at the service of our environment, ESA Special Publication 414, pp. 545-548, ESA, Paris, 1997.

Walls, C., T. Rockwell, K. Mueller, Y. Bock, S. Williams, J. Pfanner, J. Dolan and P. Fang, Escape tectonics in the Los Angeles metropolitan region and implications for seismic risk, Nature, 394, 356-360, 1998.

Watson, K. M., SIO InSAR Cookbook and Investigations of the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone, unpublished M.Sc. thesis, 107 pp., Univ. of Calif. at San Diego, Winter 2001.

Watson, K. M., Y. Bock and D. T. Sandwell, Satellite interferometric observations of displacements associated with seasonal ground water in the Los Angeles Basin, J. Geoph. Res.,, in press.

Watson, K., Y. Bock, S. Williams and D. Sandwell, Integrated Satellite Interferometry: Investigations in the Los Angeles Basin, Eos. Trans. AGU, 79(45), Fall Meet. Suppl., F184, 1998.

Williams, S., Y. Bock and P. Fang, Integrated satellite interferometry: Troposphere noise, GPS estimates, and implications for synthetic aperture radar products, J. Geoph. Res., 103, 27051-27067, 1998.

Lost Hills (top of page)

Blom, R. G., E. J. Fielding, A. K. Gabriel and R. M. Goldstein, Radar interferometry from monitoring oil fields and dams; Lost Hills, California and Aswan, Egypt, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 31(7), 460, 1999.

Fielding, E. J., R. G. Blom and R. M. Goldstein, Rapid subsidence over oil fields measured by SAR interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 25(17), 3215-3218, 1998.

Northridge earthquake (top of page)

Geographical Survey Institute of Japan, Coseismic deformations of 1994 Northridge California earthquake detected by JERS-1 interferometric SAR, Report of the Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (Jishin Yochi Renrakukai Kaiho), 53, 694-696, 1995.

Massonnet, D., K. L. Feigl, H. Vadon and M. Rossi, Coseismic deformation field of the M = 6.7 Northridge, California earthquake of January 17, 1994 recorded by two radar satellites using interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 23(9), 969-972, 1996. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

Murakami, M., M. Tobita, S. Fujiwara, T. Saito and H. Masaharu, Coseismic crustal deformations of 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake detected by interferometric JERS 1, synthetic aperture radar, J. Geoph. Res., 101, 8605-8614, 1996.

Peltzer, G., P. Rosen and K. W. Hudnut, Post-, inter-seismic surface strain measured with SAR interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(17), 259, 1996.

Rosen, P. A., S. Hensley, C. L. Werner, M. Tobita, M. Murakami and S. Fujiwara, JERS-1 interferometric SAR for topography, surface change, and hazards, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(17), 259, 1996.

Paso Robles (top of page)

Valentine, D. W., J. N. Densmore, D. L. Galloway and F. Amelung, Use of InSAR to Identify Land-Surface Displacements Caused by Aquifer-System Compaction in the Paso Robles Area, San Luis Obispo County, California, March to August 1997, USGS Open-File Report 00-447, CD-ROM, 2001.

Salton Sea (top of page)

Sandwell, D. T. and G. Baer, Topographic recovery from spaceborn radar and laser ranging; ERS, SRTM, and VCL, AAPG Bulletin, 84(9), 1485-1486, 2000.

Sandwell, D. T. and L. Sichoix, Topographic phase recovery from stacked ERS interferometry and a low-resolution digital elevation model, J. Geoph. Res., 105, 28211-28222, 2000.

Vincent, P., Application of SAR interferometry to low-rate crustal deformation fields, Doctoral dissertation, 218 pp., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1998.

San Andreas fault (top of page)

Rosen, P., C. L. Werner, S. Hensley, S. M. Buckley and P. Vincent, Aseismic creep measured along the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, CA by ERS-1 radar interferometry, Eos. Trans. AGU, 77(46), F49, 1996.

Rosen, P., C. Werner, E. Fielding, S. Hensley, S. Buckley and P. Vincent, Aseismic creep along the San Andreas fault northwest of Parkfield, California, measured by radar interferometry, Geoph. Res. Lett., 25(6), 825-828, 1998.

Vincent, P., Application of SAR interferometry to low-rate crustal deformation fields, Doctoral dissertation, 218 pp., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1998.

Werner, C. L., P. Rosen, S. Hensley, E. Fielding and S. Buckley, Detection of aseismic creep along the San Andreas Fault near Parkfield, California with ERS-1 radar interferometry, in Space at the service of our environment, ESA Special Publication 414, pp. 521-524, ESA, Paris, 1997.

San Bernardino (top of page)

Lu, Z. and Danskin, W. R., InSAR analysis of natural recharge to define structure of a ground-water basin, San Bernardino, California, Geoph. Res. Lett., 28(13), 2661-2664, 2001.

Massonnet, D. and K. L. Feigl, Discrimination of geophysical phenomena in satellite radar interferograms, Geoph. Res. Lett., 22(12), 1537-1540, 1995. (Link requires AGU/GRL subscription.)

southern San Francisco Bay (top of page)

Bürgmann, R. and W. Prescott, Monitoring the spatially and temporally complex active deformation field in the southern Bay area, Technical Report, 32 pp., 1999.

Vincent, P., Application of SAR interferometry to low-rate crustal deformation fields, Doctoral dissertation, 218 pp., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1998.

Zebker, H. A. and R. M. Goldstein, Topographic mapping from interferometric synthetic aperture radar observations, J. Geoph. Res., 91, 4993-4999, 1986.

San Gabriel Mountains (top of page)

Fielding, E. J., D. W. Burbank, A. Blythe, E. Chapin, S. Hensley and S. Shaffer, Effects of tectonics and erosion on the San Gabriel Mountains, California, from high-resolution digital topography, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, 29(6), 478, 1997.

Santa Clara Valley (top of page)

Catchings, R. D., M. R. Goldman, G. Gandhok, M. J. Rymer and D. H. Underwood, Seismic imaging evidence for faulting across the northwestern projection of the Silver Creek Fault, San Jose, California, USGS Open-File Report OF 00-0125, 29pp., USGS, Reston, VA, 2000.

Galloway, D. L., D. R. Jones and S. E. Ingebritsen, Measuring land subsidence from space, USGS Fact Sheet FS 0051-00, 4 pp., USGS, Reston, VA, 2000.

Ikehara, M. E., D. L. Galloway, E. Fielding, R. Bürgmann, A. S. Lewis and B. Ahmadi, InSAR imagery reveals seasonal and longer-term land-surface elevation changes influenced by ground-water levels and fault alignment in Santa Clara Valley, California, Eos. Trans. AGU, 79(45), 37, 1998.