Monitoring active fault creep as a tool in seismic hazard mitigation. Insights from creepmeter study at Chihshang, Taiwan;La surveillance du glissement asismique d'une faille active, outil de prévision sismique. Apport d'une étude extensométrique à Chihshang, Taiwan

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1200-1207

  Lee, Jian Cheng ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^b,c   Chu, Hao Tsu ^d   Hu, Jyr Ching ^e   Jeng, Fu Shu ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Creep; Earthquake; Seismic cycle; Seismic hazard; Strain; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT SLIP; NATURAL HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

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

EID: 26944469517     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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