Chanical twin sets in calcite as markers of recent collisional events in a fold-and-thrust belt: Evidence from the reefal limestones of southwestern Taiwan

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 984-996

  Rocher, M ^a   Lacombe, O ^a   Angelier, J ^a   Chen, H W ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LIMESTONE; TWINNING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030431168     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00625     Document Type: Article

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