Tectonic implications of an aseismic belt beneath the Eastern Central Range of Taiwan: Crustal subduction and exhumation

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-460

  Lin, Cheng Horng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aseismic belt; Buoyancy force; Crustal subduction and exhumation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EXHUMATION; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0032322126     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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