The TR method: The use of slip preference to separate heterogeneous fault-slip data in compressional stress regimes. The surface rupture of the 1999 Chi-Chi Taiwan earthquake as a case study

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 622-641

  Tranos, Markos D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chi Chi earthquake; Fault reactivation; Fault slip method; Slip tendency; Stress partitioning; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CHICHI EARTHQUAKE; FAULT REACTIVATION; FAULT-SLIP METHOD; SLIP TENDENCY; STRESS PARTITIONING; TAIWAN;

EARTHQUAKES; SEPARATION; TENSORS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COMPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

ANDERSONIA;

EID: 84887819818     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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