Fossil fluid reservoir beneath a duplex fault structure within the Central Range of Taiwan: Implications for fluid leakage and lubrication during earthquake rupturing process

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 493-499

  Chan, Yu Chang ^a   Okamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Yui, Tzen Fu ^a   Iizuka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Chu, Hao Tsu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FOSSIL FUEL; LEAKAGE; RESERVOIR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745274151     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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