Seismicity increase after the construction of the world's tallest building: An active blind fault beneath the Taipei 101

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; FOUNDATIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MONITORING; STRESSES; TALL BUILDINGS; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE BLIND FAULT; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; FAULTING MECHANISM; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONSTRUCTION; FAULT; INDUCED SEISMICITY; MULTISTOREY BUILDING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 30744449957     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024223     Document Type: Article

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