Late Holocene paleoearthquake activity in the middle part of the Longitudinal Valley fault, eastern Taiwan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 420-437

  Chen, Wen Shan ^a   Yen, I Chin ^a   Fengler, Keegan P ^b   Rubin, Charles M ^b   Yang, Chi Cheng ^a   Yang, Hsiao Chin ^a   Chang, Hui Cheng ^c   Lin, Chii Wen ^c   Lin, Wei Hsiung ^c   Liu, Yen Chiu ^c   Lin, Yen Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Longitudinal Valley fault; paleoseismology; recurrence interval; slip rate; Taiwan orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISIONAL BOUNDARY FAULT; CHIHSHANG FAULT; JUISUI FAULT; LONGITUDINAL VALLEY FAULT; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMIC WAVES; TAIWAN; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; HOLOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGITUDINAL VALLEY; TAIWAN;

EID: 36248981456     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.043     Document Type: Article

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