Variations of b-values at the western edge of the Ryukyu Subduction Zone, north-east Taiwan

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-153

  Lin, Jing Yi ^a,b   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^b   Hsu, Shu Kun ^c  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CROSS SECTION; DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAGMA; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 41149120054     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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