Basin inversion in central Taiwan and its importance for seismic hazard

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-150

  Camanni, Giovanni ^a   Chen, Chi Hsuan ^b,c   Brown, Dennis ^a   Alvarez Marron, Joaquina ^a   Wu, Yih Min ^c   Chen, Hsi An ^c   Huang, Hsin Hua ^c   Chu, Hao Tsu ^b   Chen, Mien Ming ^b   Chang, Chien Hsin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BASIN INVERSIONS; BOUNDING FAULTS; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; LOCAL TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRUCTURAL MODELING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

FAULTING;

AFTERSHOCK; BASIN; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

NANTOU; TAIWAN;

EID: 84902315083     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35102.1     Document Type: Article

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