Publications
 

 

1.      Wang, J. H., T. L. Teng and K.-F. Ma, 1989, Temporal Variation of Coda Q During Hualien Earthquake of  1986 in Eastern Taiwan,  Pure Apply Geophysics, v.130, no.4, pp.617-634.

 

2.      Ma, K.-F. and H. Kanamori, 1991, Aftershock Sequence of the December 3, 1988 Pasadena Earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. of Am., v.81, no.6, pp.2310-2319.

 

3.      Ma, K.-F., K. Satake and H. Kanamori, 1991, The Origin of the Tsunami Excited by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. of Am., v.81, no.4, pp.1396-1397.

 

4.      Ma, K.-F., K. Satake and H. Kanamori, 1991, The Origin of the Tsunami Excited by the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, -Faulting or Slumping, Geophy. Res. Lett., v.180, no.4, pp.637-640.

 

5.      Ma, K.-F., M. Kikuchi, 1994, Initial Investigating of the May 24, 1994 Hualien and June 5, 1994 Nanao Earthquake, Terr. Atm. Ocean., v.5, 611-624, 1994.

 

6.      Ma, K.-F. and H. Kanamori, 1994, Broadband Waveform Obervation of the June 28, 1991, Sierra Madre Earthquake Sequence, Bull. Seism. Soc. of Am., v.84, 1994.

 

7.      Ma, K.-F., K. Satake and H. Kanamori, 1994, Tsunami Excited by the Earthquake, Hydrologic Disturbances, Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of Oct. 17, 1989, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Parper, E3-E8.

 

8.      Ma, K.-F., J-H Wang and D. Zhao, 1996, 3-D Seismic Velocity Structure of the Crust and Uppermost Mantle beneath Taiwan, Jour. of Phy. Earth, 44, 85-105.

 

9.      Ma, K. -F. and M.-F. Lee, 1997. Simulation of Historical Tsunamis in Taiwan Region, TAO. 8, 13-30.

 

10.  Ma, K.-F. and D.-R. Song, 1997. Pn analysis and Moho Structure Investigation in Taiwan Region,  Jour. Geol. China. 40, 167-184.

 

11.  Ma, K.-F. and N.-J. Liu, 1997, Subduction Slabs in Taiwan Region, Jour. Geol. China, 40, 653-670.

 

12.  Honn Kao, S.-S. Jack Shen and K.-F. Ma, 1998, Transition from Oblique Subduction to Collision: Earthquakes in the Southern Most Ryukyu Arc-Taiwan Region, J. Geophys. Res., 103,  7211-7229.

 

13.  Honn Kao, P.-R. Jian, K.-F. Ma, B.-S. Huang and C.-C. Liu, 1998, Moment-tensor Inversion for offshore earthquakes east of Taiwan and their implications to regionnal collision, Geoph. Res. Lett., 3619-3622.

 

14.  Ma, K.-F. and H. Kanamori and K. Satake, 1999. Mechanism of the 1975 Kalapana, Hawaii, Earthquake, Inferred from Tsunami Data , J. Geoph. Res., 104,13153-13167.

 

15.  Ma, K.-F. and R.-Y. Chen, 1999. Focal Mechanism Determination of the 1991 Chaili Earthquake (ML=5.7) sequence, TAO, 10,447-470.

 

16.  Ma, K.-F. C.T. Lee, Y.B. Tsai, T.C. Shin and J. Mori, 1999. The 1999 ChiChi, Taiwan (ML=7.3, Mw=7.7) Earthquake – Large Surface Displacement on an Inland Thrust-fault, EOS, Transactions, 80, 605-611.

 

17.  Ma, K.-F. C.T. Lee, Y.B. Tsai, T.C. Shin and J. Mori, 1999. Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake Reveals Complex Faulting, Earth in Space, 12, 9-12.

 

18. Ma, K.-F., T.-R. Song, S.J. Lee and S.I. Wu, 2000.  Spatial Slip Distribution of the September 20, 1999, Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake --Inverted from Teleseismic Data, Geoph. Res. Let. , 27, 3417-3420.

 

19. Lee, S.-J. and K.-F. Ma, 2000. Rupture Process of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake from the Inversion of Teleseismic Data, TAO, 11, 591-608.

 

20. Ma, K.-F., J. Mori, S.-J. Lee and S. B. Yu, 2001. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Slip for the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., 91, 1069-1087.

 

21. Ma, K.-F., Mori, J., S.-J. Lee and S.-B. Yu , 2001.Data file from “Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Slip for the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake” , Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 91, 1381-1382.

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22. Ma, K.-F. and S.-I. Wu, 2001. Quick slip distribution determination of moderate to large inland earthquakes using near-source strong motion waveforms, Earthquake Engineering and Earthquake Seismology, 3, 1-10.

 

23. Ji, C., D. V. Helmberger, T.-R. A. Song, K.-F. Ma and D. J. Wald, 2001. The 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake: a massive wedge-shaped heave, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4379-4382.

 

24. Hsu, Y. J., N. Bechor, P. Segall, S. B. Yu, and K. F. Ma, 2002. Rapid afterslip following the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4379-4382.

 

25. Lee, M., T.-K. Liu, K.-F. Ma, and Y.-M. Chang, 2002. Coseismic hydrological change associated with disloation of the September 21, 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taiwan. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29,1824,doi: 10.1029/2002 GL 015116.

 

26. Song, T.-R. and K.-F. Ma, 2002. Estimation of Thermal Structure for Young-Orogenic Belt.-Central Range of Taiwan. Geological Society of Am., 358,121-136

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27. Ma, K.-F., E. E. Brodsky, J. Mori, C. Ji, T.-R. A. Song and H. Kanamori, 2003. Evidence for Fault Lubrication during the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake (Mw7.6). Geophys. Res. Lett., 30,1244,doi: 10.1029/2002 GL 015380

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28. Ma, K.-F. and L.-Y. Chiao, 2003. Rupture Behavior of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake associated with background seismicity and tectonics, Engineering Geology, 71, 1-11.

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29. Ji, C., D. V. Helmerger, D. J. Wald, K.-F. Ma, 2003. Slip history and dynamic implications of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake. J. Geophys. Res.,108, 2412.

 

30. Ma, K.-F., 2003. Taiwan Chelungpu-fault Drilling Project (TCDP): Investigating Physics of Faulting for a Recent Large Earthquake, Newsletter, International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, 5, 4-10.

 

31. Ma, K.-F. and T.-R. A. Song, 2004. Thermomechanical struture beneath young orogenic belt of Taiwan, Tectonophysics, 388, 21-31.

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32. Chang, C.-H.  and K.-F. Ma, 2004. Association of five moderate to large earthquake in Taiwan to the faults, TAO, 15, 97-110.

 

33. Ma, K.-F., 2004. Taiwan Chelungpu-fault Drilling Project (TCDP): Investigating Physics of Faulting for a Recent Large Earthquake, Newsletter, International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, 6, 5-6.

34. Lee, M., T.-K. Liu, K.-F. Ma, and Y-M, Chang, 2004. Reply to comment by N. Koizumi et al. on “Coseismic hydrological changes associated with dislocation of the September 21, 1999 Chichi earthquake, Taiwan”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, No. 13, L13604, 10.1029/2004GL020128

 

35. Chang, C.-H. and K.-F. Ma, 2005. Possibility on forecasting aftershock distribution from the stress changes: case study of inland Taiwan earthquakes, TAO, 16.

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36. Ma, K.-F., C.-H. Chang, and R. Stein, 2005. Response of seismicity to Coulomb stress triggers and shadows of the 1999 Mw7.6 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. 110, B05S19, doi:10.1029/2004, JB003389.

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37. Huang, M.-W., J.-H. Wang, H.-H. Hsieh, K.-L. Wen, and K.-F. Ma, 2005. Frequency-dependent sites amplifications evaluated from well-logging data in central Taiwan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, I.21302, doi:10.1029/2005GL023527.

 

38. Lee, S.-J., K.-F. Ma, and H.-W. Chen, 2006. Effects of fault geometry and slip style on near-fault static displacements caused by the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science Let. , 241, 336-350.

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39. Liu, J.Y., Y.-B. Tsai, K.-F. Ma, Y.-I. Chen, H.F. Tsai, C.-H. Lin, M. Kamogawa, C.-P. Lee, 2006. Inospheric GPS total electron content (TEC) disturbances triggered by the 26 December 2004 India Ocean tsunami, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A05303, doi: 10.1029/2005JA011200.

 

40. Tsai, Y.B., J.-Y. Liu, K.-F. Ma, H.-Y. Yen, K.-S. Chen, Y.-I. Chen, and C.-P. Lee, 2006. Precursory phenomena associated with the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan as identified under the iSTEP program, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 31, 365-377.

 

41. Ma, K.-F., H. Tanaka, S.-R. Song, C.-Y. Wang, J.-H. Hung, Y.-B. Tsai, J. Mori, Y.-F. Song, E.-C. Yeh, H. Sone, L.-W. Kuo, and H.-Y. Wu, (2006). Slip Zone and Energetics of a Large Earthquake from the Taiwan Chelungpu-fault Drilling Project, Nature, 444, doi:10.1038/nature05253.

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42. Kano, Y., J. Mori, R. Fujio, H. Ito, T. Yanagidani, S. Nakao, and K.-F. Ma, 2006. Heat Signature on the Chelunpu fault associated with the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L14306, doi:10.1029/2006GL026733.

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43. Tanaka, H., W.-M. Chen, C.-Y. Wang, K.-F. Ma, N. Urata, J. Mori, and M. Ando, 2006.  Frictional heat from faulting of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16316, 10.1029/2006GL026673.

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44. Doan, M.L., E.E. Brodsky, Y. Kano, and K.-F. Ma, 2006. In situ meaqsurement of the hydraulic diffusivity of the active Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16317, 10.1029/2006GL026889.

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45. Hirono, T., W. Lin, E.-C. Yeh, W. Soh, Y. Hashimoto, H. Sone, O. Matsubayashi, K. Aoike, H. Ito, M. Kinoshita, M. Murayama, S.-R. Song, K.-F. Ma, J.-H. Hung, C.-Y. Wang and Y.-B. Tsai,  2006. High magnetic susceptibility of fault gouge within Taiwan Chelungpu fault: Nondestructive continuous measurements of physical and chemical properties in fault rocks recovered from Hole B, TCDP, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L15303, 10.1029/2006GL026133.

 

46. *Lee, S.-J., K.-F. Ma, and H.-W. Chen, 2006. Three Dimensional Dense Strong Motion Waveform Inversion for the Rupture Process of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. 111, B11308, doi:10.1029/2005, JB004097. (*advised student paper)

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47. *Lin, T.-W., R.-D. Hwang, K.-F. Ma, and Y.-B. Tsai, 2006. Simultaneous Determination of Earthquake Source Parameters Using Far-Field P Waves: Focal Mechanism, Seismic Moment, Rupture Length and Rupture Velocity, TAO, 17, 463-488. (*advised student paper)

 

48. *Wu, H.-Y., K.-F. Ma, M. Zoback, N. Boness, H. Ito, J.-H. Hung, and S. Hickman, 2006. Stress orientations of Taiwan Chelungpu-Fault Project (TCDP) hole-A as observed from geophysical logs, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2006GL028050. (*advised student paper)