Three-dimensional patterns of seismic deformation in the Taiwan region with special implication from the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake sequence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 466, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 140-151

  Chen, Rong Yuh ^a   Kao, Honn ^b   Liang, Wen Tzong ^c   Shin, Tzay Chyn ^a   Tsai, Yi Ben ^d   Huang, Bor Shouh ^c  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Focal mechanism; Seismic moment

Indexed keywords

3D GRIDS; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE; DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKES; EURASIA; FILL PATTERNS; FIRST ORDERS; FOCAL MECHANISM; GRID POINTS; HSINCHU; HYPOCENTRAL LOCATIONS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES; SEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE AREAS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SOURCE REGIONS; TECTONIC PROCESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERNS;

DEFORMATION; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 60649090178     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.037     Document Type: Article

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