Analysis of the reliability and resolution of the earthquake source history inferred from waveforms, taking the Chi-Chi earthquake as an example

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1217-1232

  Zhou, Shiyong ^a   Irikura, Kojiro ^b   Chen, Xiaofei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faulting; Numerical techniques; Seismic modelling; Seismic waves; Slip inversion; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 3142701464     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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