Some features of the arc-continent collision zone in the Ryukyu subduction system, Taiwan Junction area

Island Arc

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-315

  Karp, Boris Ya ^a   Kulinich, Ruslan ^a   Shyu, Chuen Tien ^b   Wang, Chengsung ^c  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collision; Gagua; Marine geophysical survey; Ryukyu; Taiwan; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONICS;

PACIFIC, RYUKU TRENCH; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031284607     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1997.tb00180.x     Document Type: Article

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