Gravimetric examination of thin-skinned detachment vs basement-involved models for the Taiwan Orogen

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-221

  Ellwood, Adam ^a   Wang, Chi Yuen ^a   Teng, Louis S ^b   Yen, Horng Yuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basement involved model; Fold and thrust belt; Thin skin model

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; OROGENESIS; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030322456     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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