Earthquake cycle in Western Taiwan: Insights from historical seismicity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 753-774

  Ng, Sin Mei ^a,b   Angelier, Jacques ^b   Chang, Chung Pai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Asia; Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction; Palaeoseismology; Seismic cycle; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 67749097592     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04164.x     Document Type: Article

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