Structural geology of a classic thrust belt earthquake: The 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake Taiwan (Mw = 7.6)

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2058-2083

  Yue, Li Fan ^a   Suppe, John ^a   Hung, Jih Hao ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Chi Chi earthquake; Coseismic displacement; Fault geometry; Taiwan; Thrust faulting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; COSEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; THRUST FAULTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 27144491330     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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