Deformation of the Philippine Sea Plate under the Coastal Range, Taiwan: Results from an Offshore-Onshore Seismic Experiment

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-378

  Hetland, Eric A ^a   Wu, Francis T ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Crustal thickening; Onshore offshore seismic refraction; Orogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004884761     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.1998.9.3.363(taicrust)     Document Type: Article

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