Seismogenic stress field beneath the Tatun Volcano Group, northern Taiwan

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 261-271

  Konstantinou, K I ^a   Lin, C H ^b   Liang, W T ^b   Chan, Y C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

crustal anisotropy; stress field; stress inversion; Taiwan; Tatun

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ANISOTROPY; STRESS FIELD; STRESS INVERSION; TAIWAN; TATUN;

ANISOTROPY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TENSORS; VOLCANOES;

STRESSES;

AMPLITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAPH; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS FIELD; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANO; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70350218638     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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