The seismic efficiency of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; RADIATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC RADITION ENERGY; TELESEISMIC DATA;

EARTHQUAKES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; FAULT SLIP; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 4344600589     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019417     Document Type: Article

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