Crustal deformation at the southernmost part of the Ryukyu subduction (East Taiwan) as revealed by new marine seismic experiments

Tectonophysics

Volumn 578, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-30

  Theunissen, Thomas ^a,h   Lallemand, Serge ^a,f,g   Font, Yvonne ^b   Gautier, Stéphanie ^a,f   Lee, Chao Shing ^c,f   Liang, Wen Tzong ^d,f   Wu, Francis ^e   Berthet, Théo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^e BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LIA (Associated International Laboratory)   (France)

^g ADEPT ^*  (Taiwan)

^h IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

3D approach (a priori 3D P wave velocity model); Absolute earthquake location; Collision Subduction transition east of Taiwan; Focal mechanisms; Passive experiment RATS (Ryukyu Arc: Tectonics and Seismology); Ryukyu forearc

Indexed keywords

COLLISION-SUBDUCTION TRANSITION EAST OF TAIWAN; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOREARC; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PASSIVE EXPERIMENT RATS (RYUKYU ARC: TECTONICS AND SEISMOLOGY);

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; EXPERIMENTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EURASIAN PLATE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOHO; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OROGENY; P-WAVE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84868625692     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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