Repeating earthquakes and seismic potential along the northern Longitudinal Valley fault of eastern Taiwan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Rau, Ruey Juin ^a   Chen, Kate Huihsuan ^a   Ching, Kuo En ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULT SLIP RATES; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC POTENTIAL; VALLEY FAULT;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN;

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

EID: 39549110859     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031622     Document Type: Article

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