The 21 September, 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake in Taiwan: Implications for Tsunami earthquakes

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 701-708

  Seno, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretion; Chi Chi earthquake; D collement; Sediment; Tsunami earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034409098     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2000.11.3.701(CCE)     Document Type: Article

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