Earthquake Geology and Tectonophysics around Eastern Tibet and Taiwan

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Complicated Source Rupture Process and Induced Coseismic Surface Deformation of the Wenchuan Mw 7.9 Earthquake and Their Tectonic Implications

   • Bor-Shouh Huang, Chung-Pai Chang

   Pages 1-23

3. A Panoramic View of the Landslides Triggered by the May 12th, 2008 Mw 7.9 Earthquake in Wenchuan, China

   • Chong Xu, Xi-Wei Xu

   Pages 25-41

4. Late-Cenozoic Faulting History of the Central Longmenshan Thrust Belt and Its Tectonic Implications

   • Xi-Bin Tan, Yuan-Hsi Lee, Xi-Wei Xu, Yi-Duo Liu, Ren-Qi Lu

   Pages 43-62

5. A Review of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake from Modeling, Drilling, and Monitoring with the Taiwan Chelungpu-Fault Drilling Project

   • Kuo-Fong Ma

   Pages 63-82

6. Seismotectonics of the 2013 Lushan Mw 6.7 Earthquake—A Hidden Earthquake

   • Ren-Qi Lu, Xi-Wei Xu, Deng-Fa He, John Suppe, Xi-Bin Tan, Ying-Qiang Li et al.

   Pages 83-99

7. Earthquake Focal Mechanisms and Stress Environment in Southern Taiwan

   • Li Zhao, Chiao-Ying Lee, Shu-Huei Hung

   Pages 101-113

8. Seismo-Geological Signatures for M ≧ 7.0 Earthquakes and Their Experimental Prediction in Taiwan

   • Wen-Yen Chang, Hsin-Chieh Pu, Cheng-Horng Lin

   Pages 115-126

9. Geophysical Evidence for the Ancient Suture Within the Cathaysia Block

   • Hui Teng Cai, Hao Kuo-Chen, Wen-Bin Doo, Chung-Pai Chang, Xin Jin, Yao-Wen Kuo et al.

   Pages 127-140

This book collects a series of review articles summarizing the outcomes of collaborative research projects on the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake and the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, two of the largest and most disastrous earthquakes in Asia in the last two decades. The articles cover a broad range of aspects,including these earthquakes’ fundamental mechanisms, kinematics, and the geological and geophysical background of their fracture faults. Presenting comprehensive coverage, the book offers a valuable reference guide to these two devastating earthquakes.

• Disaster Earthquake
• Earthquake Kinematics
• Fault Zone Dynamics
• Earthquake Risk
• Tectonophysics around Eastern Tibet
• 1999 Chi-chi earthquake in Taiwan
• 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan

• Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Ching-Hua Lo

• China Earthquake Administration, Institute of Crustal Dynamics, Beijing, China

  Xiwei Xu

• Eastern Taiwan Earthquake Research Center (E-TEC), National Dong Hwa University, Hualian, Taiwan

  Wen-Yen Chang

• Center for Integrated Research and Education of Natural Hazards, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan

  Masataka Ando

Dr. Ching-Hua Lo has been a Professor at the Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University since 1995. He received his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics from Princeton University, USA, in 1990. He has previously served as President of the Chinese Geoscience Union and of the Geological Society in Taipei. He also serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Asian Earth Sciences and Journal of Geological Society of China /Western Pacific Earth Sciences.
  
Dr. XiweiXu has been a Research Professor and Director of the Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration since 2018. He received his Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1989 and was a senior visiting scholar to the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, USA, in 2014. His research interests include seismotectonics, paleoseismology, and structural geology.
  
Dr. Wen-Yen Chang has been a Professor at the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, National Dong-Hwa University, since 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from National Central University in 2006. Having served as President of the Chinese Taipei Geophysical Society since 2018, his research interests include seismology, geophysics, earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation, and remote sensing. 
  
Dr. Masataka Ando received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1974. He was a Professor at the Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation, Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan, from 2002 to 2007. He has been a committee member of the Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ) since 1974, and served as President from 1988 to 1990. His research interests include seismology, geophysics and seismotectonics.

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