Mapping ground deformation over Houston–Galveston, Texas using multi-temporal InSAR

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 169; pp. 290 - 306
• Main Authors: Qu, Feifei, Lu, Zhong, Zhang, Qin, Bawden, Gerald W., Kim, Jin-Woo, Zhao, Chaoying, Qu, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Aquifer; data collection; Deformation; Extraction; Fault; Faults; global positioning systems; Grounds; Groundwater; groundwater extraction; groundwater flow; Gulf of Mexico; habitats; Houston; Hydrocarbons; hydrologic data; infrastructure; InSAR; Interferometric synthetic aperture radar; Multi-temporal InSAR; Oil field; remote sensing; Salt dome; Subsidence; Surface chemistry; synthetic aperture radar; tectonics; temporal variation; Texas; wetlands; ASW, USA, Texas; ASW, Mexico Gulf; Texas; Gulf of Mexico; Aquifer; InSAR; Oil field; Multi-temporal InSAR; Subsidence; Fault; Salt dome; Houston

Houston–Galveston (HG) region in Texas has been subsiding due to the combined effects of groundwater withdrawal, hydrocarbon extraction, salt dome movement, and faulting. This human- and partially nature-induced ground deformation has gradually threatened the stability of urban infrastructure and ca...