Link between crustal magnetization and earthquakes in Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Hsu, Shu Kun ^a   Yeh, Yi Ching ^a   Lo, Chung Liang ^a   Lin, Andrew Tien Shun ^a   Doo, Wen Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collision; Crust; Earthquake; Magnetization; Plate convergence

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGNETIZATION; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 56849090281     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.5.445(T)     Document Type: Article

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