Coseismic displacements and slip distribution from GPS and leveling observations for the 2006 Peinan earthquake (Mw 6.1) in southeastern Taiwan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-318

  Chen, Horng Yue ^a   Hsu, Ya Ju ^a   Lee, Jian Cheng ^a   Yu, Shui Beih ^a   Kuo, Long Chen ^a   Jiang, Yen Lin ^a   Liu, Chi Ching ^a   Tsai, Chun Shyong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coseismic deformation; GPS; Peinan earthquake; Precise leveling; Slip distribution; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; LEVELING; SLIP; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAITUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 63649157453     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352913     Document Type: Article

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