Review of paleoseismological and active fault studies in Taiwan in the light of the Chichi earthquake of September 21, 1999

Tectonophysics

Volumn 408, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 63-77

  Ota, Yoko ^a   Chen, Yue Gau ^b   Chen, Wen Shan ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active fault; Chichi earthquake; Coseismic coastal uplift; Earthquake fault; Paleoseismological study; Trenching study

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; UPLIFT;

EID: 28044449918     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.040     Document Type: Review

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