Syndepositional tectonics and extension-compression relationships at the front of the Taiwan collision belt: A case study in the pleistocene reefal limestones near Kaohsiung, SW Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 83-96

  Lacombe, O ^a   Angelier, J ^a   Chen, H W ^b   Deffontaines, B ^a   Chu, H T ^b   Rocher, M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compression; Extension; Foothills; Palaeostresses; Reef limestones; Syndepositional tectonics; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; COMPRESSION; EXTENSION; LIMESTONE; REEF; SYNDEPOSITIONAL TECTONICS;

TAIWAN, KAOHSIUNG;

EID: 0030690062     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00299-5     Document Type: Article

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