1999 Chi-Chi earthquake: A case study on the role of thrust-ramp structures for generating earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 986-994

  Chen, Wen Shan ^a   Huang, Bor Shouh ^b   Chen, Yue Gau ^a   Lee, Yuan Hsi ^c   Yang, Chao Nan ^a   Lo, Ching Hua ^a   Chang, Hui Cheng ^c   Sung, Quo Cheng ^d   Huang, Neng Wei ^a   Lin, Chin Cheng ^a   Sung, Shih Hua ^a   Lee, Kun Jie ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SHEAR STRESS;

SURFACE RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; THRUST FAULT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0035484183     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120000731     Document Type: Article

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