Seismogenic zones in the convergent margin, eastern Taiwan and its implications in the Luzon forearc deformation

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages 269-286

  Cheng, Win Bin ^a   Wang, Chengsung ^b  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Luzon forearc; Seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035622116     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2001.12.s.269(odp)     Document Type: Article

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