Potential earthquakes rupturing the Chinshan and Shangjiao faults in the Taipei Metropolitan Area

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Average displacement; Maximum displacement; Moment magnitude; Potential earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 48249130473     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.3.205(T)     Document Type: Article

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