@article{04ad862d17394f43adf54706fe6f722c,
title = "Detecting rock uplift across southern Taiwan mountain belt by integrated GPS and leveling data",
abstract = "Rock uplift on the Earth surface is a key observation for studies of tectonics and geodynamic processes. Geodetic measurements from Global Positioning System (GPS) and leveling are able to track vertical deformation over a wide range of spatial and temporal scale. Taiwan mountain belt is subject to a rapid uplift rate of 20 mm/yr as revealed by GPS and leveling measurements in previous studies. The extremely high rates motivate us to analyze a set of newly processed GPS and leveling data along a NW-SE transect across southern Taiwan by considering the effects of the earthquake-related deformation as well as hydrological and surface processes. Our estimates of rock uplift rates from GPS and leveling are from −12 to +14 mm/yr across the southern Central Range of Taiwan. Vertical velocity changes on the small spatial scale are primary related to fault locking in the seismic cycle. The large spatial feature showing the mean uplift rate of 6 mm/yr between the eastern Central Range and the frontal thrust faults can be explained by a large-scale pop-up structure assuming the depth of 15–20 km in the orogenic wedge and the horizontal shortening of 30 mm/yr. Our results draw attention to carefully study geodetic vertical deformation in the mountain belts and seek relevant causes.",
author = "Hsu, {Ya Ju} and Lai, {Yen Ru} and You, {Rey Jer} and Chen, {Horng Yue} and Teng, {Louis S.} and Tsai, {Yi Chuen} and Tang, {Chi Hsien} and Su, {Hsuan Han}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the editor, Kelin Wang, and two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful reviews and comments. We are grateful to many colleagues at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, who have participated in collecting continuous GPS data. The generous provision of geodetic data from the Central Weather Bureau, Central Geological Survey, and Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan, and the international GNSS Service community is appreciated. GMT was used to create several figures ( Wessel and Smith, 1998 ). This research is supported by the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica , IESAS2281 , and the Ministry of Science and Technology grant MOST 104-2628-M-001-008 –MY4 . Funding Information: We thank the editor, Kelin Wang, and two anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful reviews and comments. We are grateful to many colleagues at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, who have participated in collecting continuous GPS data. The generous provision of geodetic data from the Central Weather Bureau, Central Geological Survey, and Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan, and the international GNSS Service community is appreciated. GMT was used to create several figures (Wessel and Smith, 1998). This research is supported by the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, IESAS2281, and the Ministry of Science and Technology grant MOST 104-2628-M-001-008 –MY4. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.012",
language = "English",
volume = "744",
pages = "275--284",
journal = "Tectonophysics",
issn = "0040-1951",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}