Subduction-continent collision in southwestern Taiwan and the 2010 Jiashian earthquake sequence

Tectonophysics

Volumn 578, Issue , 2012, Pages 107-116

  Rau, Ruey Juin ^a   Lee, Jian Cheng ^b   Ching, Kuo En ^a   Lee, Yuan Hsi ^c   Byrne, Timothy B ^d   Chen, Rong Yuh ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

2010 Jiashian earthquake sequence; Focal mechanisms and stress tensor; Lateral compression; Local earthquake tomography; Oblique subduction; Southern Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; LATERAL COMPRESSION; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; STRESS TENSORS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; OBLIQUE FAULT; OROGENY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84868614334     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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