Variability of repeating earthquake behavior along the Longitudinal Valley fault zone of eastern Taiwan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Kate Huihsuan ^a   Rau, Ruey Juin ^b   Hu, Jyr Ching ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; PERIODICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE (GEOLOGY);

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGITUDINAL VALLEY; TAIWAN;

EID: 67651093969     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005518     Document Type: Article

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