The 21 September 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake struck the island nation of Taiwan with a severe intensity on a fault that was not believed to be very active. The earthquake rupture was a shallow focus event within the island on a thrust fault. This is atypical of most earthquakes in the area, which are ce
Introduction to the Special Issue: The 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taiwan
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 8 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1062-8002
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