Structural insight into the south Ryukyu margin: Effects of the subducting Gagua Ridge

Tectonophysics

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 237-250

  Schnürle, Philippe ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^a   Lallemand, Serge E ^b   Reed, Donald L ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gagua Ridge subduction; Ryukyu Trench; Taiwan; West Philippine Basin

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC PROFILE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC, RYUKYU TRENCH;

EID: 0031866482     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00298-9     Document Type: Article

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