Crustal structure of the convergent plate-boundary zone, eastern Taiwan, assessed by seismic tomography

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 358, Issue , 2002, Pages 161-175

  Cheng, Win Bin ^a   Wang, Chengsung ^b   Shyu, Chuen Tien ^c   Shin, Tzay Chyn ^d  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AIR; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; STRAIN ENERGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAUX; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; CURRENT TECTONICS; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; P-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURE; RECOGNITION OF INTERACTIONS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EURASIAN PLATE; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE VELOCITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0037627183     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2358-2.161     Document Type: Article

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