Urban seismology in the Taipei Metropolitan Area: Review and prospective

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-233

  Wang, Jeen Hwa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Seismic hazard; Seismic risk; Urban seismology

Indexed keywords

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EURASIAN PLATE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 48249121996     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.3.213(T)     Document Type: Review

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