Evolution of the southern Taiwan-Sinzi Folded Zone and opening of the southern Okinawa trough

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-341

  Kong, Fanchen ^a   Lawver, Lawrence A ^a   Lee, Tung Yi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

EAST CHINA SEA;

EID: 0034000711     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00062-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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