Static stress changes as a triggering mechanism of a shallow earthquake: Case study of the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Wang, Jeng Cheng ^a   Shieh, Chiou Fen ^a   Chang, Tao Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Chi Chi earthquake; Seismicity rate; Static stress changes; Stressgrams; Triggering

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SEISMICITY; STRESS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0037440390     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00175-9     Document Type: Article

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