The images of subduction slabs in the Taiwan region

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-670

  Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Liu, Ni Jing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION SLAB;

TAIWAN, PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0345698918     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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