Effects of seismic ground motion and geological setting on the coseismic groundwater level changes caused by the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 873-880

  Lai, Wen Chi ^a   Koizumi, Naoji ^b   Matsumoto, Norio ^b   Kitagawa, Yuichi ^b   Lin, Ching Wee ^a   Shieh, Chjeng Lun ^a   Lee, Youe Ping ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Geological setting; Ground motion; Hydrologic conductivity; Liquefaction; Permeability enhancement

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 20644463489     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352534     Document Type: Article

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