Kuo En Ching

TL;DR: In this article, the present-day and geologic vertical displacement field in the active Taiwan orogenic belt was characterized using GPS vertical velocities and precise leveling and 199 continuous GPS measurements from 2000 to 2008.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize the kinematics of modern crustal deformation in Taiwan and evaluate the potential for large earthquakes by computing tectonic block motions and fault slip rates from 531 GPS horizontal velocities.

TL;DR: In this article, the surface deformation in Taiwan after the M w = 7.6 Chi-Chi earthquake of 21 September 1999 was characterized using data at 110 continuous GPS stations from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2005, and the authors provided a snapshot of the deformation that is generally consistent with the long-term history of the collision but should not be directly extrapolated because thrust deformation is migrating along the tectonic boundary.

TL;DR: Based on elastic, rotating block modeling analyses derived from the GPS data, the authors describe the transitional tectonics from arc-continent (Luzon-Chinese) collision to the converging Ryukyu trench subduction and back-arc opening along the Chinese continental margin.

TL;DR: The GPS velocity field in SW Taiwan inferred by 103 stations from 1995 to 2005 provides an opportunity to better recognize the contemporary crustal deformation under escaping tectonic deformation as mentioned in this paper.