Inferred fault geometry and slip distribution of the 2010 Jiashian, Taiwan, earthquake is consistent with a thick-skinned deformation model

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 78-86

  Ching, Kuo En ^a   Johnson, Kaj M ^a   Rau, Ruey Juin ^b   Chuang, Ray Y ^a   Kuo, Long Chen ^c   Leu, Pei Ling ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2010 Jiashian earthquake; Coulomb stress change; Lateral ramp; Thick skinned model; Uniform stress drop inversion

Indexed keywords

2010 JIASHIAN EARTHQUAKE; COULOMB STRESS; LATERAL RAMP; THICK-SKINNED MODEL; UNIFORM STRESS;

DROPS; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; RUPTURE; THRUST FAULT; TRANSFER ZONE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78650301665     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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