Coseismic thickness of principal slip zone from the Taiwan Chelungpu fault Drilling Project-A (TCDP-A) and correlated fracture energy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 619-620, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-35

  Kuo, Li Wei ^a   Hsiao, Hsiu Ching ^a   Song, Sheng Rong ^a   Sheu, Hwo Shuenn ^b   Suppe, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chelungpu fault; Fracture energy; Principal slip zone; Pseudotachylyte; Synchrotron; TCDP

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE ENERGY; MINERALS; SHEAR FLOW; SYNCHROTRONS;

DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; FAULT DYNAMIC PROCESS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; PSEUDOTACHYLYTES; SLIP ZONES; TCDP; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE ZONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84897913210     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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