A search for a correlation between time change in transfer functions and seismic energy release in northern Taiwan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 981-991

  Chen, Kuang Jung ^a   Chiu, Bonbbon ^a   Lin, Cheng Horng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Seismic energy release; Taiwan; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; SEISMICITY; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750214027     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352603     Document Type: Article

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