Millennial slip rate of the Longitudinal Valley fault from river terraces : implications for convergence across the active suture of eastern Taiwan

• Main Authors: Shyu, J. Bruce H., Sieh, Kerry, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Chen, Wen-Shan, Chen, Yue-Gau
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95555; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8478
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Longitudinal Valley fault is a key element in the active tectonics of Taiwan. It is the principal structure accommodating convergence across one of the two active sutures of the Taiwan orogeny. To understand more precisely its role in the suturing process, we analyzed fluvial terraces along the...