Serial reverse and strike slip on imbricate faults: The Coastal Range of east Taiwan

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-281

  Vita Finzi, C ^a   Lin, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

AVERAGE RATE; COASTAL RANGE; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; SEISMIC RECORDS; UPLIFT RATE; VERTICAL COMPONENT; VOLCANIC ARC;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; IMBRICATION; REVERSE FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; FAULT; STRIKE SLIP;

COASTAL RANGE [TAIWAN]; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031844559     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0279:SRASSO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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