A tear fault boundary between the Taiwan orogen and the Ryukyu subduction zone

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 171-190

  Lallemand, Serge E ^a   Char Shine, Liu ^b   Font, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Coastal Range of Taiwan; Ryukyu subduction zone; Subsidence; Taiwan; Tear fault

Indexed keywords

ARC/CONTINENT COLLISION; BASIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TEAR FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030778523     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00303-4     Document Type: Article

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