Taiwan orogeny: Thin-skinned or lithospheric collision?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 191-220

  Wu, Francis T ^a   Rau, Ruey Juin ^a   Salzberg, David ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision; Crustal rheology; Lithospheric structures; Orogeny; Taiwan; Tectonic model

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; EURASIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; RHENOLOGY; TAIWAN OROGENY; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0030780501     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00304-6     Document Type: Article

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