Remote Sensing Monitoring for Earthquakes, Tectonics and Seismic Hazards

Dear Colleagues,

Technological improvements in sensors and advances in computational power, together with the increased number of satellites dedicated to Earth observation, have promoted a significant evolution in remote sensing science in the last decades.

Satellite-, aircraft-, and land-based geophysical, geodetic, and geochemical data have proved to be key tools to not only extensively map surface phenomena associated with tectonics and earthquakes, even for light-magnitude events, but also to depict tectonic strain, allowing the identification of areas of increased seismic risk.

Additionally, continuous data (in space and time) on slow surface displacement, e.g., post-seismic relaxation following large earthquakes, represent a precious reference for modeling the rheology of the crust and upper mantle in these regions.

Besides applications to natural seismic hazards, remote sensing techniques have also demonstrated the ability to detect the surface effects of underground industrial exploitation, providing timely information on the possible risks associated with induced seismicity and deformation caused by these anthropic activities.

More recently, the introduction of robot and drone technology in remote data acquisition has also facilitated more detailed characterizations of fault movements and monitoring of volcano tectonic activity, representing strong support in constraining the interpretation of satellite data.

Dr. Nicola Alessandro Pino
Dr. Stefano Carlino
Dr. Raffaele Castaldo
Guest Editors

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• remote sensing techniques
• tectonics
• earthquakes
• lower crust and upper mantle rheology
• seismic hazard
• induced seismicity and ground deformation