Geomorphological identification of pre-existing active Chelungpu Fault in central Taiwan, especially its relation to the location of the surface rupture by the 1999 Chichi earthquake

Quaternary International

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2004, Pages 155-166

  Ota, Yoko ^a   Watanabe, Mitsuhisa ^b   Suzuki, Yasuhiko ^c   Sawa, Hiroshi ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TSURUOKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; MAPPING; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 0345782302     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00104-6     Document Type: Article

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