Deformation history of the southwestern Taiwan foreland thrust belt: Insights from tectono-sedimentary analyses and balanced cross-sections

Tectonophysics

Volumn 333, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 293-322

  Mouthereau, F ^a   Lacombe, O ^a   Deffontaines, B ^a   Angelier, J ^a   Brusset, S ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b Dynamique Des Bassins   (France)

Author keywords

Balanced cross sections; Foreland thrust belt; Shortening rates; Syntectonic deposits; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; THRUST;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0034980936     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00280-8     Document Type: Article

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