Trench-parallel stretching and folding of forearc basins and lateral migration of the accretionary wedge in the southern Ryukyus: A case of strain partition caused by oblique convergence

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-247

  Lallemand, Serge ^a,e   Liu, Char Shine ^b   Dominguez, Stéphane ^a,c,e   Schnürle, Philippe ^b   Malavieille, Jacques ^a,e   Angelier, J ^c   Deffontaines, B ^c   Fournier, M ^c   Collot, J Y ^d   Hsu, S K ^f   Liu, S Y ^b   Le Formal, J P ^g   Sibuet, J C ^g   Thareau, N ^g   Lu, C Y ^h   Wang, F ⁱ  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g IFREMER   (France)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; FOREARC BASIN; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032784063     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900011     Document Type: Article

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