Post-collisional magmatism around northern Taiwan and its relation with opening of the Okinawa Trough

Tectonophysics

Volumn 308, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-376

  Wang, Kuo Lung ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Chen, Chang Hwa ^b   Shinjo, Ryuichi ^c   Yang, Tsanyao F ^a   Chen, Cheng Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magmatism; Northern Taiwan; Okinawa Trough; Post collisional extension; Ryukyu subduction

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0032752065     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00111-0     Document Type: Article

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