Fault geometries illuminated from seismicity in central Taiwan: Implications for crustal scale structural boundaries in the northern Central Range

Tectonophysics

Volumn 445, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 168-185

  Gourley, Jonathan R ^a   Byrne, Timothy ^b   Chan, Yu Chang ^c   Wu, Francis ^d   Rau, Ruey Juin ^e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lateral extrusion; Seismology; Taiwan; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SET; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 36549040451     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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