A possible causal relationship between the 1998 Ruey-Li sequence and the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1542-1558

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

RUPTURES;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RELOCATION; STRESS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0242369061     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020174     Document Type: Article

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