Polyphase history and kinematics of a complex major fault zone in the northern Taiwan mountain belt: The Lishan Fault

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 97-115

  Lee, Jian Cheng ^a   Angelier, Jacques ^b   Chu, Hao Tsu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deformation; Fault; Paleostress; Polyphase; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; LISHAN FAULT; PALAEOSTRESS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030731590     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00300-9     Document Type: Article

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