Initial rupture processes of the 2006 Pingtung earthquake from near source strong-motion records

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-554

  Huang, Bor Shouh ^a   Huang, Yi Ling ^b   Lee, Shiann Jong ^a   Chen, Yue Gau ^c   Jiang, Juen Shi ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Initial slip; Pingtung earthquake; Rupture process

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 60249084165     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.547(PT)     Document Type: Article

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