Holocene uplift and subsidence along an active tectonic margin southwestern Taiwan

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 923-930

  Chen, Yue Gau ^a   Liu, Tsung Kwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; HOLOCENE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0034057959     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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