An interpretation of the active deformation of southern Taiwan based on numerical simulation and GPS studies

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 145-169

  Hu, Jyr Ching ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^b   Yu, Shui Beih ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Deformation; Global positioning system; Numerical models; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODETIC DATA; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; STRESS; TECTONICS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030713014     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00302-2     Document Type: Article

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