The fractures and paleostress of deformed pebbles in the conglomerates of the Toukoshan formation, Chiayi-Yunlin area

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 281-296

  Lin, Ching Weei ^a   Huang, Ming Lang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conglomerate; Paleostress analysis; Pebble deformation; Toukoshan Formation

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; PALAEOSTRESS; PEBBLE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

TAIWAN, CHIAYI-YUNLIN;

EID: 0031472649     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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