From continental margin extension to collission orogen: Structural development and tectonic rotation of the Hengchun peninsula, southern Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 361, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 61-82

  Chang, C P ^a   Angelier, J ^b   Lee, T Q ^c   Huang, C Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Hengchun peninsula; Stress axes permutation; Taiwan; Tectonic rotation

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSTRESS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0037426697     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00561-9     Document Type: Article

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