Improved seismic tomography offshore northeastern Taiwan: Implications for subduction and collision processes between Taiwan and the southernmost Ryukyu

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1042-1054

  Wu, Yih Min ^a   Shyu, J Bruce H ^a,b   Chang, Chien Hsin ^c   Zhao, Li ^d   Nakamura, Mamoru ^e   Hsu, Shu Kun ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Dynamics: Seismotectonics; Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARRIVAL TIME; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 67749118188     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04180.x     Document Type: Article

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