Characteristics of seismic energy release of subduction zones-examples from Taiwan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 17-38

  Jeng, F S ^a   Lin, M L ^a   Lu, C Y ^b   Huang, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Seismic behavior of subduction zone; Seismic energy release; Seismic gap; Seismicity of Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

SEISMIC ENERGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ENERGY; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0036887554     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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