Distribution of the bottom-simulating reflector in the offshore Taiwan collision zone

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 779-794

  Chi, Wu Cheng ^a   Reed, Donald L ^b   Liu, Char Shine ^c   Lundberg, Neil ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom simulating reflectors; Convergent boundary; Methane hydrates; Multi channel seismic reflection data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000439279     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.4.779(TAICRUST)     Document Type: Article

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