Records of submarine natural hazards off SW Taiwan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-60

  Su, Chih Chieh ^a   Tseng, Jing Yi ^a   Hsu, Ho Han ^a   Chiang, Cheng Shing ^b   Yu, Ho Shing ^a   Lin, Saulwood ^a   Liu, James T ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; HYDROGEOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; SUBMARINE CABLE; SUBMARINE CANYON; TORRENT; TURBIDITE; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84863180178     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP361.5     Document Type: Article

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