Coseismic deformation of the 2010 Jiashian, Taiwan earthquake and implications for fault activities in southwestern Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 502, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 328-335

  Hsu, Ya Ju ^a   Yu, Shui Beih ^a   Kuo, Long Chen ^a   Tsai, Yi Chun ^a   Chen, Horng Yue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coseismic slip distribution; Coulomb stress change; GPS; Jiashian earthquake

Indexed keywords

CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; COSEISMIC DEFORMATION; COSEISMIC SLIP DISTRIBUTION; COSEISMIC SLIPS; COULOMB STRESS; DEPTH RANGE; DISLOCATION MODELS; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; ELASTIC HALF SPACE; FAR-FIELD; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SYSTEM; GPS; HIGH STRESS CONCENTRATION; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; JIASHIAN EARTHQUAKE; MAINSHOCK; NEGATIVE STRESS; RIGIDITY MODULI; RUPTURE AREAS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC WAVEFORM INVERSION; TAIWAN EARTHQUAKE; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAMMALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REVERSE FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRESS CHANGE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79953297244     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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