Possible links between the development of Plio-Pleistocene coral reef limestones and thrust migration in southwestern Taiwan

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-166

  Gong, Shou Yeh ^a   Lee, Tung Yi ^b   Wu, Jong Chang ^c   Wang, Shi Wei ^a   Yang, Kenn Ming ^c  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coral reef development; Foreland basin; Southwestern Taiwan; Thrust front migration

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; LIMESTONE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; REEF; STRUCTURAL HIGH; THRUST;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030324671     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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