Tomographic image of crustal structures across the Chelungpu fault: Is the seismogenic layer structure- or depth-dependent?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 443, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chelungpu fault; Chi Chi earthquake; Seismogenic layer; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; IMAGING METHOD; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34648830605     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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