Crustal structure of the southernmost Ryukyu subduction zone: OBS, MCS and gravity modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-163

  Wang, Tan K ^a   Lin, Shen Feng ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^b   Wang, Cheng Sung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Forearc system; Monte Carlo inversion; Seismicity; Subduction; Travel time inversion

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; GRAVITY SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1942442182     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02147.x     Document Type: Article

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