Ruptures in a highly fractured upper crust

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-213

  Wen, Strong ^a   Chen, Chau Huei ^a   Teng, Ta Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Faulting type; HIghly fractured upper crust

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 42549106304     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0297-9     Document Type: Article

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