Synorogenic extension, Taiwan: Implications of physical and numerical modeling

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 358, Issue , 2002, Pages 137-146

  Wang, Wei Hau ^a   Hung, Wen Jie ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CENTRAL RANGES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EURASIAN PLATES; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; NORMAL FAULTING; PHILIPPINE SEAS;

LANDFORMS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; OVERPRINTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 26844541012     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2358-2.137     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Angelier, J., and others, 1995, Crustal extension in an active orogen: Taiwan: International Conference and 3rd Sino-French Symposium on "Active Collision in Taiwan", Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Abstracts, p. 25-32.
2. Barr, T.D., and Dahlen, F.A., 1989, Brittle frictional mountain building. 2. Thermal structure and heat budget: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 94, p. 3923-3947.
3. Burchfiel, B.C., and Royden, L., 1985, North-south extension within the convergent Himalayan region: Geology, v. 13, p. 679-682.
4. Buck, R., and Sokoutis, D., 1994, Analogue model of gravitational collapse and surface extension during continental convergence: Nature, v. 369, p. 737-740.
5. Chen, C.H., Chu, H.T., Liou, J.G., and Ernst, W.G., 1983, Explanatory notes for the metamorphic facies map of Taiwan: Special Publication of the Central Geological Survey of Taiwan, Republic of China, 32 p.
6. Chen, Y.G., and Liu, T.K., 1992, Vertical crustal movement of tectonic uplifting volcanic island - Lutao: Journal of the Geological Society of China, v. 35, p. 231-246.
7. Crespi, J., Chan, Y.C., and Swaim, M., 1996, Synorogenic extension and exhumation of the Taiwan hinterland: Geology, v. 24, p. 247-250.
8. Dahlen, F.A., 1984, Noncohesive critical Coulomb wedges: An exact solution: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 89, p. 10 125-10 133.
9. Dahlen, F.A., and Barr, T.D., 1989, Brittle frictional mountain building. 1. Deformation and mechanical budget: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 94, p. 3906-3922.
10. Dalmayrac, B., and Molnar, P., 1981, Parallel thrust and normal faulting in Peru and constraints on the state of stress: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 55, p. 473-481.
11. Ho, C.S., 1986, A synthesis of the geologic evolution of Taiwan: Tectonophysics, v. 125, p. 1-16.
12. Huang, L.S., 1990, Preliminary study on the subsurface temperature and geothermal gradients of the Late Cenozoic basin in western Taiwan: Bulletin of the Central Geological Survey, no. 6, p. 117-144.
13. Lee, Y.-H., 1995, A study of stress field system evolution of the Taiwan mountain belt, Central Cross-Island Highway and surrounding regions: Bulletin of the Central Geological Survey, no. 10, p. 51-90.
14. Lee, Y.-H., and Yang, C.N., 1994, Structural evolution in the Tayulin area of the Central Range: Bulletin of the Central Geological Survey, no. 9, p. 77-106.
15. Kronenberg, N.J., and Tullis, J., 1984, Flow strengths of quartz aggregates: Grain size and pressure effects due to hydrolytic weakening: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 89, p. 4281-4297.
16. Lin, C.-H., 1996, Crustal structures estimated from arrival differences of the first P-waves in Taiwan: Journal of the Geological Society of China, v. 39, p. 1-12.
17. Lin, C.-H., Yeh, Y.-H., Yen, H.-Y., Chen, K.-C., Huang, B.-S., Roecker, S.W., and Chiu, J.-M., 1998, Three-dimensional elastic wave velocity structure of the Hualien region of Taiwan: Evidence of active crustal exhumation: Tectonics, v. 17, p. 89-103.
18. Liu, C.H., 1995, Geodetic monitoring of mountain building in Taiwan: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 76, p. 636.
19. Liu, T.K., 1982, Tectonic implication of fission track ages from the Central Range, Taiwan: Proceedings of the Geological Society of China, v. 25, p. 22-37.
20. Mulugeta, G., 1988, Modeling of the geometry of the Coulomb thrust wedges: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 10, p. 847-859.
21. Royden, L., 1996, Coupling and decoupling of crust and mantle in convergent orogens: Implications for strain partitioning in the crust: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101, p. 17 679-17 705.
22. Selverston, J., 1988, Evidence for east-west extension in the eastern Alps: Implications for the unroofing history of the Tauern window: Tectonics, v. 7, p. 87-105.
23. Seno, T., Stein, S., and Gripp, A.E., 1993, A model for the motion of the Philippine Sea plate consistent with NUVEL-1 and geological data: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, p. 17941-17948.
24. Shelton, G., and Tullis, J., 1981, Experimental flow laws for crustal rock: Eos (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 62, p. 396.
25. Shemenda, A.I., 1994, Subduction: Insights from physical modeling: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 215 p.
26. Shih, R.C., Lin, C.H., Lai, H.L., Yeh, Y.H., Huang, B.S., and Yen, H.Y., 1998, Preliminary crustal structures across central Taiwan from modeling of the onshore-offshore wide-angle seismic data: TAO, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, v. 9, p. 317-328.
27. Suppe, J., 1981, Mechanics of mountain building and metamorphism in Taiwan: Memoir of Geological Society of China, v. 4, p. 67-89.
28. Suppe, J., 1984, Kinematics of arc-continent collision, flipping of subduction and back-arc spreading near Taiwan: Memoir of Geological Society of China, v. 6, p. 21-33.
29. Suppe, J., and Wittke, J.H., 1977, Abnormal pore-fluid pressures in relation to stratigraphy and structure in the active fold-and-thrust belt of northwestern Taiwan: Petroleum Geology of Taiwan, no. 14, p. 11-24.
30. Tillman, K.S., and Byrne, T.B., 1995, Kinematic analysis of the Taiwan Slate Belt: Tectonics, v. 14, p. 322-341.
31. Tsai, Y.B., 1986, Seismotectonics of Taiwan: Tectonophysics, v. 125, p. 17-37.
32. Tsao, S., Li, T.C., Tien, J.L., Chen, C.H., Liu, T.K., and Chen, C.H., 1992, Illite crystallinity and fission-track ages along the east Central Cross-Island Highway of Taiwan: Acta Geologica Taiwanica, v. 30, p. 45-64.
33. Wang, W.-H., 1995, Numerical simulation of arc-continent collision: Geophysical Society of China, 1995 Annual Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, Abstracts, p. 30.
34. Wang, W.-H., and Davis, M.D., 1996, Sandbox model simulation of forearc evolution and noncritical wedges: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 101, p. 11329-11339.
35. Willett, S., 1999, Rheological dependence of extension in wedge models of convergent orogens: Tectonophysics, v. 305, p. 419-435.
36. Wu, F.T., Rau, R.-J., and Salzberg, D., 1997, Taiwan orogeny: Thin-skinned or lithospheric collision?: Tectonophysics, v. 274, p. 191-220.
37. Yeh, Y.H., Shih, R.C., Lin, C.H., Liu, C.C., Yen, H.Y., Huang, B.S., Liu, C.S., and Wu, F.T., 1998, Onshore/offshore wide-angle deep seismic profiling in Taiwan: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, v. 9, p. 301-316.
38. Yu, S.B., and Chen, H.Y., 1994, Global Positioning System measurements of crustal deformation in the Taiwan arc-continent collision zone: Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, v. 5, p. 477-498.
39. Yu, S.B., and Chen, H.Y., and Kuo, L.C., 1997, Velocity field of GPS stations in the Taiwan area: Tectonophysics, v. 274, p. 41-59.
40. Yu, S.B., Yu, G.K., Kuo, L.C., and Lee, C., 1992, Crustal deformation in the southern Longitudinal Valley area, eastern Taiwan: Journal of the Geological Society of China, v. 35, p. 219-230.