Title

Surface Rupture and Behavior of Thrust Faults Probed in Taiwan

Authors

Charles M. Rubin, Central Washington University
K. Sieh
Yue-Gao Chen
Jian-Cheng Lee
Hao-Tsu Chu
Robert Yeats
Karl Mueller
Yu-Chang Chan

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Geological Sciences

Publication Date

10-19-2006

Abstract

Taiwan's destructive Chi-chi earthquake of September 21, 1999, was a dramatic expression of active tectonic processes at a complex collisional plate boundary. It resulted in more than 2,400 causalities and tens of billions of dollars in property loss. During the earthquake, an 80-km stretch of the country's mountainous backbone moved upward and westward along the range-bounding Chelungpu thrust fault (Figure la). A team of earthquake geologists from the United States, in collaboration with geoscientists from Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University and the Central Geological Survey of Taiwan, worked together to address questions concerning the recurrence of large-magnitude earthquakes along reverse faults in Taiwan.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Rubin, C. M., Sieh, K., Chen, Y. G., Lee, J. C., Chu, H. T., Yeats, R., Mueller, K., & Chan, Y. C. (2001). Surface rupture and behavior of thrust faults probed in Taiwan. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 82(47), 565-567 https://doi.org/10.1029/01eo00331

Journal

Eos