Magnetotelluric soundings of the source area of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan: Evidence of fluids at the hypocenter

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 679-688

  Chen, Chow Son ^a   Chen, Chien Chih ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Earthquake nucleation zone; Electrical structures; MT; The Chelungpu fault; The Chi Chi earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034398568     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2000.11.3.679(CCE)     Document Type: Article

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