A multiple time window rupture model for the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake from a combined inversion of teleseismic, surface wave, strong motion, and GPS data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Thio, H K ^a   Graves, R W ^a   Somerville, P G ^a   Sato, T ^b   Ishii, T ^b  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Inversion; Kinematic; Model; Rupture; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 7044226466     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JB002381     Document Type: Article

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