Detailed structures of the subducted Philippine Sea plate beneath northeast Taiwan: A new type of double seismic zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B1, 1999, Pages 1015-1033

  Kao, Honn ^a   Rau, Ruey Juin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033540336     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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