Lateral variations in the long-term slip rate of the Chelungpu fault, Central Taiwan, from the analysis of deformed fluvial terraces

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3740-3766

  Simoes, M ^a   Chen, Y G ^b   Shinde, D P ^c   Singhvi, A K ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

active tectonics; characteristic earthquake; Chelungpu fault; fluvial terraces; slip rate; western foothills

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; RIVER TERRACE; SLIP RATE; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

CHELUNGPU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84901044638     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010057     Document Type: Article

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