Pn velocity and moho depth in Taiwan

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-183

  Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Song, Der Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Moho depth; Pn phases; Polarization analysis

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MOHO DEPTH; P WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0031460071     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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