Study on temporal variations of shear-wave splitting in the Chiayi area, aftershock zone of 1999 Chichi earthquake, Taiwan

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-157

  Zheng, Xiu Fen ^a,b   Chen, Chao Hui ^b   Zhang, Chun He ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

1999 Chichi earthquake; Aftershock zone; Anisotropy; Chiayi area; Polarization of fast shear wave; Shear wave splitting; Stress forecast precursor; Time delay of slow shear wave

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ANISOTROPY; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORECASTING METHOD; S-WAVE; STRESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; CHIAYI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 44349093822     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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