Evidence of a slab of subducted lithosphere beneath central Taiwan from seismic waveforms and travel times

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-71

  Chen, Po Fei ^a   Huang, Bor Shouh ^a   Liang, Wen Tzong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Seismic wave; Subduction zone; Tonga Kermadec

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRAVEL TIME;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 10944274044     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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