Characteristics of submarine topography off northern Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-480

  Song, Gwo Shyh ^a   Chang, Yet Chung ^a   Ma, Chung Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Chilung Shelf; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001610244     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1997.8.4.461(O)     Document Type: Article

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