Characterization of slip zone associated with the 1999 Taiwan Chi-Chi earthquake: X-ray CT image analyses and microstructural observations of the Taiwan Chelungpu fault

Tectonophysics

Volumn 449, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 63-84

  Hirono, Tetsuro ^a   Sakaguchi, Masumi ^b   Otsuki, Kenshiro ^c   Sone, Hiroki ^d   Fujimoto, Koichiro ^e   Mishima, Toshiaki ^f   Lin, Weiren ^g   Tanikawa, Wataru ^g   Tanimizu, Masaharu ^g   Soh, Wonn ^g   Yeh, En Chao ^h   Song, Sheng Rong ^h  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MARINE WORKS JAPAN LTD   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chelungpu fault; Chi Chi earthquake; Fault zone; Microstructure; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; FAULT ZONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SLIP RATE; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 39649123723     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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