Temporal and spatial records of active arc-continent collision in Taiwan: A synthesis

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 274-288

  Huang, Chi Yue ^a   Yuan, Peter B ^b   Tsao, Shuh Jung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Collision suture; Oblique collision; Stratigraphic records; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION SUTURE; GEODYNAMICS; OBLIQUE COLLISION; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; TAIWAN;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645321389     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25527.1     Document Type: Article

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