The possible causes of the crustal low resistive zone for the Western Foothills, Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-285

  Chen, Chien Chih ^a   Chen, Chow Son ^a   Sun, Li Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Dehydration; Electrical structure; Magnetotelluric method; Western foothills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011097495     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.2.279(T)     Document Type: Article

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