Uplift and landscape stability at Taroko, eastern Taiwan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 162, Issue , 1999, Pages 169-181

  Petley, David N ^a   Reid, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033374821     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.162.01.14     Document Type: Article

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