New Gravity and Magnetic Anomaly Maps in the Taiwan-Luzon Region and Their Preliminary Interpretation

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 509-532

  Hsu, Shu Kun ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^b   Shyu, Chuen Tien ^b   Liu, Shao Yung ^b   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^c   Lallemand, Serge ^f   Wang, Chengsung ^d   Reed, Donald ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Bouguer anomaly; Fracture zone; Free air gravity anomaly; Magnetic anomaly; Taiwan; Transform fault; Transverse ridge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002867815     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.3.509(TAICRUST)     Document Type: Article

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