Crustal Structure of the Northeastern Taiwan Area from Seismic Refraction Data and Its Tectonic Implications

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-487

  Cheng, Win Bin ^a,b   Wang, Chengsung ^c   Shyu, Chuen Tien ^b  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arc arc collision; Coastal range; Eastern flank of the central range; P wave velocity structure; Ray tracing; Seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001197790     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1996.7.4.467(ACCT)     Document Type: Article

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