Slip partition of the 26 December 2006 Pingtung, Taiwan (M 6.9, M 6.8) earthquake doublet determined from teleseismic waveforms

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-578

  Yen, Yin Tung ^a   Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Wen, Yi Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake doublet; Inverison; Slip distribution; Teleseismic

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PINGTUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 60249092702     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.567(PT)     Document Type: Article

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