Seismo-geochemical variations in SW Taiwan: Multi-parameter automatic gas monitoring results

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 693-709

  Yang, T F ^a,b   Fu, C C ^a   Walia, V ^b   Chen, C H ^a,c   Chyi, L L ^d   Liu, T K ^a   Song, S R ^a   Lee, M ^e   Lin, C W ^e   Lin, C C ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active faults; Gas geochemical precursor; Monitoring station; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; MUD VOLCANO; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONICS; THERMAL SPRING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646344207     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0040-3     Document Type: Article

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