Velocity structure near the northern Manila Trench: An OBS refraction study

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-297

  Chen, Allen T ^a   Jaw, Yung Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Manila Trench; Ocean bottom seismograph; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030240524     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.1996.7.3.277(t)     Document Type: Article

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