Three-dimensional VP and VS structural models associated with the active subduction and collision tectonics in the Taiwan region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 204-220

  Kim, Kwang Hee ^a,b,c   Chiu, Jer Ming ^a   Pujol, Jose ^e   Chen, Kou Cheng ^c   Huang, Bor Shouh ^c   Yeh, Yih Hsiung ^c   Shen, Peng ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

3D tomography; Plate collision; Subduction

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 21644439369     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02657.x     Document Type: Article

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