GPS observation of crustal deformation in the Taiwan-Luzon region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 923-926

  Yu, Shui Beih ^a   Kuo, Long Chen ^a   Punongbayan, Raymundo S ^b   Ramos, Emmanuel G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL MOTION; FAULT SLIPS; ANNUAL SURVEYS; ASIA PACIFIC REGION; COASTAL RANGE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL MOTIONS; FAULT SYSTEM; VOLCANIC ISLANDS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; FAULT SLIPS; SURVEYS;

TECTONICS; DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GPS; PLATE MOTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033117593     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900148     Document Type: Article

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