
2023
Slow-to-Fast
Earthquake Workshop
3/13-14 NCKU, Tainan
3/15-17 fieldtrip
in Taiwan
3/13~17
Onsite Venue
National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan. (Kuang-Fu Campus, KF19: International Conference Hall)
(Transportation)



Daily schedule
3/15
Fieldtrip: The creeping Chishan fault, Chungliao Tunnel, Gunshuiping Mud Volcano
09:00-12:00 fieldtrip (option A)
12:00-14:00 lunch (option B)
14:00-17:30 bus to Taitung (option B)
18:00 free time in Taitung city! (option B)
3/16
Fieldtrip: The creeping Chihshang fault and the Luyeh, Lichi faults, Surface rupture of the 2022/9/18 M6.9 earthquake
09:00-12:00 Chihshang, Luyeh, Lichii faults (option B)
12:00-14:00 lunch (option B)
14:00-14:30 bus to Yuli (option B)
14:30-15:30 2022/9/18 M6.9 earthquake surface ruptures (option B)
15:30~ train to Taipei (16:13~19:48) - (option B)
15:30~ bus to Hualien - (option C)
3/17
Visit Milun Fault Drilling and All-inclusive Sensing (MiDAS) in Hualien
*introduction to this site
09:00-12:00 visit to MiDAS (option C)
12:00-13:30 lunch (option C)
13:30~ train to Taipei (13:48~16:24) (option C)
Topic 1
Ryukyu subduction zone: What have we learned and what to do in the future?
invited speakers
Ya-Ju Hsu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan):
Crustal Deformation in the Southern Ryukyu Margin Revealed by Seafloor Geodetic and Seismological Observations
Makoto Otsubo (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan):
Ryukyu subduction zone: Earthquake diversity and Tectonic background in arc-trench system with active backarc basin
Topic 2
The nature of seismic and creeping fault behavior in diverse tectonic settings
Invited Speaker
Li-Wei Kuo (National Central Univ., Taiwan) :
Geological records from seismic and aseismic faults in Taiwan and their implications
Yohei Hamada (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan):
Diversity of slip behavior and fluid distribution at the shallow portion of subduction plate boundaries
Topic 3
Emerging technologies and breakthrough innovations in Earthquake Science
Invited Speakers
Kuo-Fong Ma (Academia Sinica, Taiwan):
What do/can we learn from downhole crossing fault optical fiber: Taiwan Milun fault Drilling and All-inclusive Sensing (MiDAS)
Keisuke Yano (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics):
Recent advances of data science techniques in seismology
Topic 4
General discussion toward future collaborative researches between Taiwan and Japan
This is a session where the participants will discuss about future collaboration.
Please enter the info below in the registration form:
1. your name
2. potential topic
3. Target collaborators
We will contact the proposed "potential collaborators" before the meeting.
Planning Committee
Taiwan Earthquake Research Center: Kate Huihsuan Chen, Kuo-En Ching, Ruey-Juin Rau, Kuo-Fong Ma, Ya-Ju Hsu, Jian-Cheng Lee, Hao Kuochen
Office and LOC of "Science of Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes" project: Satoshi Ide, Kazushige Obara, Kohtaro Ujiie, Shuichi Kodaira, Yoshihiro Ito
Funding sources
Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)"Science of Slow-to-Fast Earthquakes”, Japan
Earth Science Research Promotion Center, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan