Transition from oblique subduction to collision: Earthquakes in the southernmost Ryukyu arc - Taiwan region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7211-7229

  Kao, Honn ^a   Shen, Sern Su Jack ^b   Ma, Kuo Fong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

PACIFIC; RYUKYU ARC;

EID: 0032502546     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03510     Document Type: Article

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