Tectonic subsidence and uplift in the Zeikang-hopi area of southwestern Taiwan since the late pleistocene

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 155-164

  Liu, Tsung Kwei ^a   Sung, Quocheng ^b   Chen, Kuan Yu ^a   Pi, Zu Lien ^a   Yang, Chieh Hou ^c   Cheng, Ping Hu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon 14 dating; Late Pleistocene; Southwestern Taiwan; Tectonic movement

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE TECTONICS; NEOTECTONICS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

TAIWAN, ZEIKANG-HOPI;

EID: 0031442526     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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