Centroid moment tensor solutions for Taiwan earthquakes of the WWSSN era (1963-1975)

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-73

  Chen, Po Fei ^a   Ekström, Göran ^b   Okal, Emile A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvard CMT catalog; Taiwan earthquakes; WWSSN

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MOMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 2342644849     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2004.15.1.61(t)     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Aki, K., and P. G. Richards, 1980: Quantitative Seismology, 2 vol., W.H. Freeman, San Francisco.
2. Apperson, D., and C. Frohlich, 1992: Earthquake focal mechanisms, moment tensors, and the consistency of seismic activity near plate boundaries. Tectonics, 11, 279-296.
3. Chen, P. F., 2002: Distribution, origin, and implications of seismic stress release in shallow and intermediate-depth subduction systems. Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL.
4. Chen, P. F., M. Nettles, E. A. Okal, and G. Ekström, 2001: Centroid Moment Tensor solutions for intermediate-depth earthquakes of the WWSSN-HGLP era (1962-1975). Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 124, 1-7.
5. Dziewonski, A. M., and J. H. Woodhouse, 1983: An experiment in systematic study of global seismicity: Centroid-moment tensor inversion for 201 moderate and large earthquakes of 1981. J. Geophys. Res., 88, 3247-3271.
6. Dziewonski, A.M., T. A. Chou, and J. H. Woodhouse, 1981: Determination of earthquake source parameters from waveform data for studies of global and regional seismicity. J. Geophys. Res., 86, 2825-2852.
7. Ekström, G., and M. Nettles, 1997: Calibration of the HGLP seismograph network and centroid moment tensor analysis of significant earthquakes of 1976. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 101, 219-243.
8. Huang, W. C., and E. A. Okal, 1998: Centroid moment tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: Discussion and inferences. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 106, 191-218.
9. Huang, W. C., G. Ekström, E. A. Okal and M. P. Salganik, 1994: Application of the CMT algorithm to analog recordings of deep earthquakes. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 83, 283-297.
10. Huang, W. C., E. A. Okal, G. Ekström, and M. P. Salganik, 1997: Centroid-Moment-Tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: The WWSSN dataset (1962-1976). Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 99, 121-129.
11. Kagan, Y. Y., 1991: 3-D rotation of double-couple earthquake sources. Geophys. J. Intl., 106, 709-716.
12. Kao, H., S. J. Shen, and K. F. Ma, 1998: Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the Southernmost Ryukyu arc-Taiwan region. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 7211-7229.
13. Katsumata, M., and L. R. Sykes, 1969: Seismicity and tectonics of the Western Pacific: Izu-Mariana-Caroline and Ryukyu-Taiwan regions. J. Geophys. Res., 74, 5923-5948.
14. Kuge, K., and H. Kawakatsu, 1993: Significance of non-double-couple components of deep and intermediate-depth earthquakes: Implications from moment tensor inversions of long-period seismic waves. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 75, 243-266.
15. Molnar, P., 1979: Earthquake recurrence intervals and plate tectonics. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., 69, 115-133.
16. Okal, E. A., 1992: Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the seismic moment of historical earthquakes. I: Shallow events. Pure Appl. Geophys., 139, 17-57.
17. Okal, E. A., and S. H. Kirby, 1995: Frequency-moment distribution of deep earthquakes: Implications for the seismogenic zone at the bottom of slabs. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 92, 169-187.
18. Okal, E. A., and B. A. Romanowicz, 1994: On the variation of b-value with earthquake size. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 87, 55-76.
19. Pezzopane, S. K., and S. G. Wesnousky, 1989: Large earthquakes and crustal deformation near Taiwan. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 7250-7264.
20. Rundle, J. B., 1989: Derivation of the complete Gutenberg-Richter magnitude-frequency relation using the principle of scale invariance. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 12337-12342.
21. Tsai, C. S., M. D. Lin, and Y. B. Tsai, 1983: Relocation of the 12 March 1966 earthquake sequence in northeast Taiwan offshore. Open Rep. ASIES-CR8306, Inst. Earth Sci. Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
22. Woodhouse, J. H., and A. M. Dziewonski, 1984: Mapping the upper mantle: three-dimensional modelling of the Earth structure by inversion of seismic waveforms. J. Geophys. Res., 89, 5953-5986.