Cenozoic basins in northern Taiwan and tectonic implications for the development of the eastern Asian continental margin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 133-144

  Yu, Ho Shing ^a   Chow, Jinder ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basin; Stratigraphy; Structure; Taiwan; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; RIFTING; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC, OKINAWA TROUGH; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030922084     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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