Stress evolution following the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake: Consequences for afterslip, relaxation, aftershocks and departures from Omori decay

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-192

  Chan, Chung Han ^a,c   Stein, Ross S ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction, forecasting and prediction; Seismicity and tectonics; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRESS CHANGE; THRUST FAULT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 63049111556     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04069.x     Document Type: Article

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