Evidence for prehistoric coseismic folding along the Tsaotun segment of the Chelungpu fault near Nan-Tou, Taiwan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Streig, Ashley R ^a,b   Rubin, Charles M ^a   Chen, Wen Shan ^c   Chen, Yue Gau ^c   Lee, Long Sheng ^c,g   Thompson, Stephen C ^b,d   Madden, Chris ^e   Lu, Shih Ting ^f  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Earth Consultants International Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOLDING; PALEOSEISMICITY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANTOU; TAIWAN;

EID: 34548553267     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004493     Document Type: Article

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