Clay mineral anomalies in the fault zone of the Chelungpu fault, Taiwan, and their implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Kuo, Li Wei ^a   Song, Sheng Rong ^a,b   Yeh, En Chao ^a,b,c   Chen, Huei Fen ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLAY ALTERATION; EARTHQUAKES; HYDRATES; KAOLINITE; SILICATE MINERALS;

CHICHI EARTHQUAKE; CLAY CONTENT; DRILLING PROJECTS; ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES; FAULT ZONE; GLASSY MATERIALS; IN-SITU; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; RUPTURE ZONE; SEM AND TEM; SHEAR HEATING; SLIP ZONES; SMECTITES;

MINERALS;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; CLAY MINERAL; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SEISMIC ZONE; SMECTITE;

ASIA; CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 72149098406     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039269     Document Type: Article

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