Subduction/collision complexities in the Taiwan-Ryukyu junction area: Tectonics of the northwestern corner of the Philippine Sea plate

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages 209-230

  Hsu, Shu Kun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Philippine Sea Plate; Ryukyu subduction zone; Taiwan; Tear fault

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035597262     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2001.12.s.209(odp)     Document Type: Article

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