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Using Phased Array L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) data, we performed a differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) technique referred to as the Small BAseline Subset (SBAS)-based analysis over east central Oklahoma to identify ground surface deformation with respect to the location of wastewater injection wells for the period of December 2006 to January 2011. Our results show broad spatial correlation between SBAS-derived deformation and the locations of injection wells. We also observed significant uplift over Cushing, Oklahoma, the largest above ground crude oil storage facility in the world, and a key hub of the Keystone Pipeline. This finding has significant implications for the oil and gas industry due to its close proximity to the zones of increased seismicity attributed to wastewater injection. Results southeast of Drumright, Oklahoma represent an excellent example of the potential of InSAR, identifying a fault bordered by an area of subduction to the west and uplift to the east. This differentiated movement along the fault may help explain the lack of any seismic activity in this area, despite the large number of wells and high volume of fluid injected.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10020283","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,12]],"date-time":"2018-02-12T10:50:38Z","timestamp":1518432638000},"page":"283","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["SBAS Analysis of Induced Ground Surface Deformation from Wastewater Injection in East Central Oklahoma, USA"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5088-2190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elizabeth","family":"Loesch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4375-2096","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vasit","family":"Sagan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1380","DOI":"10.1126\/science.aal2584","article-title":"Understanding Induced Seismicity","volume":"354","author":"Elsworth","year":"2016","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Peterson, M.D., Mueller, C.S., Moschetti, M.P., Hoover, S.M., Llenos, A.L., Ellsworth, W.L., Michael, A.J., Rubinstein, J.L., McGarr, A.F., and Rukstales, K.S. 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