Neotectonics and seismic hazard assessment in Hengchun Peninsula, southern Taiwan

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1194-1199

  Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a   Lin, Jiun Chuan ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

14C Dating; Geodesy; Neotectonics; Seismicity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

NATURAL HAZARD; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMICITY;

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

EID: 26944451225     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.04.014     Document Type: Article

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