Transition from oblique subduction to collision in the northern Luzon arc-Taiwan region: Constraints from bathymetry and seismic observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B2, 2000, Pages 3059-3079

  Kao, Honn ^a   Huang, Gwo Ching ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; OBLIQUITY; SUBDUCTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0034628318     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900357     Document Type: Article

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