Lithospheric structure of Philippine Sea plate near the western end of Ryukyu subduction zone and some of its tectonic effects

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages 287-304

  Wang, Chengsung ^a   Chuang, Shih Wei ^a   Li, Ming Lung ^a   Cheng, Win Bin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Morphology; Northern Taiwan area; Seismicity; Structure of the Philippine Sea plate; Wave attenuation factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035597264     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2001.12.s.287(odp)     Document Type: Article

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