An unusual late Cenozoic volcanic zone in northern Taiwan behind the southern Okinawa Trough

Journal of the Geological Society of China

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-612

  Chen, Chang Hwa ^a   Chen, Cheng Hong ^b   Mertzman, S A ^c   Shen, Jason Jiun San ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemical signature; Northern Taiwan Volcanic Zone; Okinawa Trough; Ryukyu Volcanic Front

Indexed keywords

PETROGENESIS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033505183     PISSN: 10187057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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