Geological evidence of Paleo-seismic events occurred along the Chelungpu fault zone, Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-26

  Lin, Aiming ^a   Chen, Allen ^b   Ouchi, Toru ^c   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chelungpu fault; Chi Chi earthquake; Excavation investigation; Paleo earthquake

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; FAULTING; HISTORICAL RECORD; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC METHOD; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHICHI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038660949     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2003.14.1.13(t)     Document Type: Article

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