Pumice layers in marine terraces: Implications for tectonic uplift rates on the east and northeast coasts of Taiwan over the last hundreds of years

Quaternary International

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2004, Pages 83-92

  Song, Sheng Rong ^a   Liu, Chia Mei ^a   Chen, Chang Hwa ^b   Lo, Wei ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PUMICE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 0348224991     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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