Magnetic surveying of the chaochou fault of southern Taiwan: Culmination of basement-involved surface thrusting in arc-continent collision

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 399-408

  Lewis, Charles ^a   Chen, Sheng Wen ^a   Yen, Pai Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION ZONE; MAGNETIC SURVEY; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 3142534442     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.5.399     Document Type: Article

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