Velocity Structure Beneath the Eastern Offshore Region of Southern Taiwan Based on OBS Data

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-424

  Chen, Allen T ^a   Nakamura, Yosio ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

OBS; Offshore Taiwan; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142146007     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.3.409(TAICRUST)     Document Type: Article

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