Earthquake doublet sequences: Evidence of static triggering in the strong convergent zones of Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 589-594

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a   Yeh, Yih Hsiung ^a   Ando, Masataka ^a   Chen, Kuang Jung ^b   Chang, Tao Ming ^c   Pu, Hsin Chieh ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Doublet earthquake; Static triggering

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRESS FIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 60249094598     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.589(PT)     Document Type: Article

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