Crustal Structure Beneath the Nanao Forearc Basin from TAICRUST MCS/OBS Line 14

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-362

  McIntosh, Kirk D ^a   Nakamura, Yosio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

OBS; Refraction; Ryukyu; Subduction; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001617152     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.1998.9.3.345(taicrust)     Document Type: Article

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