Shear concentration in a collision zone: Kinematics of the Chihshang Fault as revealed by outcrop-scale quantification of active faulting, Longitudinal Valley, eastern Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 117-143

  Angelier, J ^a   Chu, H T ^b   Lee, J C ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Collision; Earthquake risk; Geodesy; Kinematics; Seismotectonics; Shear; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CHIHSHANG FAULT; COLLISION; FAULT; GEODESY; KINEMATICS; SHEAR;

TAIWAN, LONGITUDINAL VALLEY;

EID: 0030774146     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00301-0     Document Type: Article

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