Structural Controls of the Taitung Canyon in the Huatung Basin East of Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 453-472

  Schnürle, Philippe ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^a   Lallemand, Serge E ^b   Reed, Donald ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Huatung Basin; Seismic reflection profiles; Submarine canyon; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348047609     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.3.453(TAICRUST)     Document Type: Article

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