Deformation front development at the northeast margin of the Tainan basin, Tainan-Kaohsiung area, Taiwan

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 139-156

  Huang, Shiuh Tsann ^a   Yang, Kenn Ming ^a   Hung, Jih Hao ^b   Wu, Jong Chang ^a   Ting, Hsin Hsiu ^a   Mei, Wen Wei ^a   Hsu, Shiang Horng ^a   Lee, Min ^c  

^a Exploration and Development Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basal detachment; Deformation Front; Southwestern Taiwan; Triangle zone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANTICLINES; BASAL DETACHMENT; DEFROMATION FRONT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PLATE BOUNDARY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 25844448564     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-0739-z     Document Type: Article

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