Hypocentre determination offshore of eastern Taiwan using the maximum intersection method

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 655-675

  Font, Yvonne ^a   Kao, Honn ^b   Lallemand, Serge ^c   Liu, Char Shine ^d   Chiao, Ling Yun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 D; Earthquake; Hypocentre; Location; Outliner; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 4344568272     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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