Area balancing method as a useful tool to estimate the depth of the Chi-Chi earthquake rupture at the Fengyuan well

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 489-502

  Lee, Yuan Hsi ^a   Lu, Shih Ting ^b   Shih, Tung Sheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Area balancing method; Chelungpu fault; Chi Chi earthquake; Fengyuan well

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; SLIP;

EID: 33750608042     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2006.17.3.489(T)     Document Type: Article

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