Relocation of the 2006 Pingtung Earthquake sequence and seismotectonics in Southern Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Wu, Yih Min ^a   Zhao, Li ^b   Chang, Chien Hsin ^c   Hsiao, Nai Chi ^c   Chen, Yue Gau ^a   Hsu, Shu Kun ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pingtung Earthquake; Subduction zone; Taiwan; Traveltime tomography

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL-TIME DATA; CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAUX; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FOCAL MECHANISM; INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAMS; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TAIWAN; TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARRIVAL TIME; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PINGTUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349117431     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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