Mass movements caused by recent tectonic activity: The 1999 Chi-chi earthquake in central Taiwan

Island Arc

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-334

  Wang, Wen neng ^a   Wu, Huei Long ^b   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^c   Wu, Shang Chih ^a   Ouyang, Shoung ^a   Yu, Ming Fang ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b Soil and Water Conservation Bureau Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chi chi earthquake; Mass movement; Toraji typhoon

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 0442328652     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2003.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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