Geodynamics of the Taiwan arc-arc collision

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 221-251

  Sibuet, Jean Claude ^a   Hsu, Shu Kun ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arc arc model; Geodynamics; Plate kinematics; Rifting continental shelf basins; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARC-ARC COLLISION; ARC/ARC COLLISION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GEODYNAMICS; PLATE KINEMATICS; RIFTING; TECTONOPHYSICS;

LUZON STRAIT; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030714103     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00305-8     Document Type: Article

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