Links between erosion, runoff variability and seismicity in the Taiwan orogen

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6967, 2003, Pages 648-651

  Dadson, Simon J ^a   Hovius, Niels ^a   Chen, Hongey ^b   Dade, W Brian ^c   Hsieh, Meng Long ^b   Willett, Sean D ^d   Hu, Jyr Ching ^b   Horng, Ming Jame ^e   Chen, Meng Chiang ^f   Stark, Colin P ^g   Lague, Dimitri ^a   Lin, Jiun Chuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^f Taroko National Park Headquarters   (Taiwan)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EROSION RATES;

GEOLOGY;

RUNOFF;

EROSION; MOUNTAIN; RUNOFF; SEISMICITY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; TAIWAN; TECHNIQUE; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 0347815505     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02150     Document Type: Article

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