Insights into active tectonics of eastern Taiwan from analyses of geodetic and geologic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Wen Jeng ^a,b   Johnson, Kaj M ^a   Fukuda, Jun'ichi ^a,c   Yu, Shui Beih ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ASTHENOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; GEODESY; HOLOCENE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; REVERSE FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; VISCOELASTICITY;

LONGITUDINAL VALLEY; TAIWAN;

EID: 79953245668     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006208     Document Type: Article

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