Nature and distribution of the deformation front in the Luzon Arc-Chinese continental margin collision zone at Taiwan

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-122

  Yu, Ho Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deformation front; Distribution; Nature; Seismics; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION FRONT; MANILA TRENCH; OROGENIC SEDIMENTS; OROGENIC WEDGE; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PLATE BOUNDARY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 25844498731     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-0737-1     Document Type: Article

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