Subsidence in the Kathmandu Basin, before and after the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal Revealed from Small Baseline Subset-DInSAR Analysis

Land subsidence in densely urbanized areas is a global problem that is primarily caused by excessive groundwater withdrawal. The Kathmandu Basin is one such area where subsidence due to groundwater depletion has been a major problem in recent years. Moreover, on 25 April 2015, this basin experienced...

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Main Authors: Suresh Krishnan P.V., Duk-jin Kim, Jungkyo Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-07-01
Series:GIScience & Remote Sensing
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2017.1422312