Structure of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake rupture and interaction of thrust faults in the active fold belt of western Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 226-239

  Lee, Jian Cheng ^a   Chan, Yu Chang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Earthquake fault; Taiwan; Thrust

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 35649026203     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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