The deep electrical structure of southern taiwan and its tectonic implications

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 879-895

  Chiang, Chih Wen ^a   Chen, Chien Chih ^a   Unsworth, Martyn ^b   Bertrand, Edward ^b   Chen, Chow Son ^a   Day Kieu, Thong ^a,c   Hsu, Han Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Electrical structure; Magnetotellurics; Taiwan tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; OROGENY; UPPER MANTLE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78651323988     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2010.02.25.01(T)     Document Type: Article

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