Seismicity characteristics of a potentially active Quaternary volcano: The Tatun Volcano Group, northern Taiwan

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 300-318

  Konstantinou, Konstantinos I ^a   Lin, Cheng Horng ^b   Liang, Wen Tzong ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dormant volcano; Earthquake location; Seismicity; Taiwan; Tatun

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

DORMANT VOLCANO; SEISMICITY; SPASMODIC BURSTS; TAIWAN;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; MAGMA CHAMBER; P-WAVE; QUATERNARY; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; VOLCANOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846275519     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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