Impact of Basement High on the Structure and Kinematics of the Western Taiwan Thrust Wedge: Insights from Sandbox Models

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 533-550

  Lu, C Y ^a   Jeng, F S ^b   Chang, K J ^a   Jian, W T ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neotectonics; Sandbox; Western Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001249169     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.1998.9.3.533(TAICRUST)     Document Type: Article

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