Seismogenic structure in a tectonic suture zone: With new constraints from 2006 Mw6.1 Taitung earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Wu, Yih Min ^a   Chen, Yue Gau ^a   Chang, Chien Hsin ^b   Chung, Ling Ho ^a   Teng, Ta Liang ^c   Wu, Francis T ^d   Wu, Chien Fu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AFTERSHOCKS; SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE ZONE;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EURASIAN PLATE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947646779     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027572     Document Type: Article

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