Vertical displacement rate field of Taiwan from geodetic levelling data 2000-2008

Survey Review

Volumn 43, Issue 321, 2011, Pages 296-302

  Chen, Kwo Hwa ^a   Yang, Ming ^b   Huang, Yu Ting ^b   Ching, Kuo En ^b   Rau, Ruey Juin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coseismic correction; Geodetic leveling; Land subsidence; Land uplift; Orthometric height

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; ERROR CORRECTION; EURASIAN PLATE; FIELDWORK; GEODESY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LEVELING; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SUBSIDENCE; SURVEYING; UPLIFT;

COASTAL RANGE [TAIWAN]; TAIWAN;

EID: 80051726661     PISSN: 00396265     EISSN: 17522706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/003962611X13055561708380     Document Type: Article

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