Coseismic and postseismic deformation associated with the 2003 Chengkung, Taiwan, earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 420-430

  Hsu, Ya Ju ^a   Yu, Shui Beih ^a   Chen, Horng Yue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Inverse theory; Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation; Rheology and friction of fault zones; Seismic cycle; Space geodetic surveys

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; GEODESY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MANTLE STRUCTURE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY; SLIP;

ASIA; CHIHSHANG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 58549104387     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04009.x     Document Type: Article

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