HR: 10:20h
AN: T32C-01 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Research Program of Taiwan Earthquake Research Center (TEC)
AU: * Teng, T
EM: lteng@usc.edu
AF: Taiwan Earthquake Research Center (TEC), Institute of Earth Sciences Academia Sinica P.O. Box 1-55 Nankang, Taipei, TWN 11529, Taiwan
AU: * Teng, T
EM: lteng@usc.edu
AF: Southern Earthquake Center (SCEC), Unversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, United States
AB: With 80 cm/yr plate converging rate that drives a high seismic energy release, about five times higher than California, the lithosphere in Taiwan is more thoroughly illuminated by seismic sources and makes Taiwan an ideal laboratory for active tectonic research. The 1999 M7.6 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake produced a 100-km long surface rupture, with a slip more than 10 m and a record-breaking PGV. With extensive seismological, GPS, and other geophysical instrument networks that have collected extremely valuable data for scientific research. It holds more than 60% global strong-motion data for near-field (< 20 km) large (> M7.5) events. A Taiwan Earthquake Research Center (TEC) is established, following the SCEC model with generous governmental funding. TEC's current research programs are described and international research collaborations are welcomed.
DE: 1207 Transient deformation (6924, 7230, 7240)
DE: 1217 Time variable gravity (7223, 7230)
DE: 7200 SEISMOLOGY
DE: 7221 Paleoseismology (8036)
DE: 7230 Seismicity and tectonics (1207, 1217, 1240, 1242)
SC: Tectonophysics [T]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting