Tomographic imaging of the convergent zone in Eastern Taiwan - A subducting forearc sliver revealed?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 466, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 170-183

  Cheng, Win Bin ^a  

^a Jinwen University of Science Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Forearc; Gravity; Plate boundary; Seismic Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL-TIME DATUM; CENTRAL RANGES; EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITIES; FOREARC; GRAVITY; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; JOINT ANALYSIS; LOWER CRUSTS; LUZON ARCS; OCEANIC CRUSTS; OFFSHORE AREAS; PLATE BOUNDARY; POISSON'S RATIOS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC PROCESS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

POISSON RATIO;

ARRIVAL TIME; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FOREARC BASIN; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISLAND ARC; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 60649116256     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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