Tectonic implications of 1998, Ruey-Li, Taiwan, earthquake sequence

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-40

  Chen, Chau Huei ^a   Wang, Wei Hau ^a   Teng, Ta Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double differential travel time; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRAVEL TIME;

CHICHI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037984601     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2003.14.1.27(t)     Document Type: Article

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