Compelling evidence of an aseismic slab beneath central Taiwan from a dense linear seismic array

Tectonophysics

Volumn 466, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 205-212

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aseismic slab; Central Taiwan; Continental subduction; Linear seismic array

Indexed keywords

ASEISMIC SLAB; CENTRAL RANGES; CENTRAL TAIWAN; CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; EURASIAN PLATES; LINEAR ARRAYS; LINEAR SEISMIC ARRAY; LOW VELOCITIES; OCEANIC CRUSTS; P-WAVES; ROCK STRENGTHS; SEISMIC STATIONS; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; SUBDUCTED CONTINENTAL CRUSTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EURASIAN PLATE; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 60649103565     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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