Detailed surface co-seismic displacement of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in western Taiwan and implication of fault geometry in the shallow subsurface

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1167-1176

  Huang, Chung ^a,b   Chan, Yu Chang ^b   Hu, Jyr Ching ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^c   Lee, Jian Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Co seismic displacement; Earthquake fault; Fault geometry

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELING; BORE HOLE; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE; CO-SEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; DATA SETS; DISPLACEMENT VECTORS; EARTHQUAKE FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SLIPS; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENTS; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; THRUST FAULTING; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FORECASTING; GEODESY; SEISMIC DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENCHMARKING; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEODETIC NETWORK; HANGING WALL; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FENGYUAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 49749142606     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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