Strain and stress field in Taiwan oblique convergent system: Constraints from GPS observation and tectonic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 115-127

  Chang, Chung Pai ^a   Chang, Tsui Yu ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^b   Kao, Honn ^c   Lee, Jian Cheng ^c   Yu, Shui Beih ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GPS; Strain; Stress; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; GPS; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TECTONIC SETTING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0141484404     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00360-1     Document Type: Article

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