Heterogeneous distribution of the dynamic source parameters of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Zhang, Wenbo ^a   Iwata, Tomotaka ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^a   Sekiguch, Haruko ^b   Bouchon, Michel ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Dynamic source parameters; Slip weakening distance; Slip weakening frictional law; Strength excess; Stress drop

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

CHI-CHI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0041883363     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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