A double island arc between Taiwan and Luzon: Consequence of ridge subduction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 258, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 85-101

  Yang, Tsanyao F ^a   Lee, Typhoon ^a,b   Chen, Cheng Hong ^a   Cheng, Shih Nan ^b   Knittel, Ulrich ^c,e   Punongbayan, Raymundo S ^d   Rasdas, Ariel R ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology   (Philippines)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE ARC STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMIC MODEL; ISLAND ARC; RIDGE SUBDUCTION;

PHILIPPINES, LUZON; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030455941     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00180-8     Document Type: Article

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