Characteristics of the wedge-top depozone of the southern Taiwan foreland basin system

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-78

  Chiang, Cheng Shing ^a   Yu, Ho Shing ^b   Chou, Ying Wei ^c  

^a HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEPOCENTER; FORELAND BASIN; PIGGYBACK BASIN; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 1642568766     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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