Turbidity currents, submarine landslides and the 2006 Pingtung earthquake off SW Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 767-772

  Hsu, Shu Kun ^a   Kuo, Jackie ^b   Lo, Chung Liang ^a   Tsai, Ching Hui ^a   Doo, Wen Bin ^a   Ku, Chia Yen ^a   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Hwa Telcom Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cable break; Pingtung earthquake; Submarine landslide; SW Taiwan; Turbidity current

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE CABLE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MANILA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PINGTUNG; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 60249084935     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.19.6.767(PT)     Document Type: Article

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