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Applications of airphotos and other remote sensing in the investigation of active faults in Taiwan Republic of China

AuthorShih, Nei-wen
Call NumberAIT Thesis no.GT-84-31
Subject(s)Faults (Geology)--Remote sensing--Taiwan

NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractThe collisions of Eurasian Continental plate and Philippine Sea Plate caused numerous earthquakes through the movements along active faults in Taiwan region. This study recognized the known 21 active faults in Taiwan region by using Landsat imageries, SLAR imageries and aerial photographs in order to evaluate the remote sensing techniques with regard to their ability to define the active faults. A certainty ranking of the recognition of the 21 active faults versus different sensors have been done. By using airphotos, this study also tried to search new active fault in 20 potential active fault areas that selected from the concentration of epicenters in Taiwan region.
Year1985
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology
DepartmentDepartment of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE)
Academic Program/FoSGeotechnical and Transportation Engineering (GT)
Chairperson(s)Prinya Nutalaya;
Examination Committee(s)Balasubramaniam, A.S. ; Bergado, Dennes T. ;Whiteley, R.J. ;
Scholarship Donor(s)Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft (CDG), Federal Republic of Germany;
DegreeThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1985


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