Seismological evidence for a low-velocity layer within the subducted slab of southern Taiwan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 231-240

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a   Huang, Bor Shouh ^a   Rau, Ruey Juin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Fluid phase; Low velocity zones; Subduction crust; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033490253     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00255-1     Document Type: Article

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