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1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, ten years later...

Updated 12/08/2009

Images of features produced as a consequence of the 1999 earthquake, ten years later (photos taken at the end of February 2009).

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1.
Canyons in the Daan River: upstream migration of the step in the river bed created by the earthquake. 2.
Slot canyon

3.
Ten years of growth of palm trees: pre-earthquake base, tilted to the right; post-earthquake top, growing straight upwards. 4.
Palms close up

5.
Damage at Shihigang Dam. 6.
Man-made erosion of the "waterfall" created in the Daan River by the earthquake. 7.
Folded terrace, on top of folded Cholan Formation, Dachia River. 8.
Folded Cholan Formation, Dachia River.


1. Canyons in the Daan River: upstream migration of the step in the river bed created by the earthquake.	2. Slot canyon	3. Ten years of growth of palm trees: pre-earthquake base, tilted to the right; post-earthquake top, growing straight upwards.	4. Palms close up


5. Damage at Shihigang Dam.	6. Man-made erosion of the "waterfall" created in the Daan River by the earthquake.	7. Folded terrace, on top of folded Cholan Formation, Dachia River.	8. Folded Cholan Formation, Dachia River.