Digital elevation model offshore Taiwan and its tectonic implications

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 705-738

  Liu, Char Shine ^a   Liu, Shao Yung ^b   Lallemand, Serge E ^e   Lundberg, Neil ^c   Reed, Donald L ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Digital Elevation Model; Morphotectonic structures; Seafloor Morphology; Swath bathymetry; Taiwan offshore region

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000137985     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.4.705(TAICRUST)     Document Type: Article

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