Postseismic deformation following the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan : implication for lower-crust rheology

• Main Authors: Rousset, Baptiste, Barbot, Sylvain, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Hsu, Ya-Ju
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96876; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18092
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On 1999 September 21, the Mw 7.6 Chi-Chi earthquake ruptured a segment of the Chelungpu Fault, a frontal thrust fault of the Western Foothills of Taiwan. The stress perturbation induced by the rupture triggered a transient deformation across the island, which was well recorded by a wide network of c...