Morphotectonics and incision of the Kaoping submarine canyon, SW Taiwan orogenic wedge

Geomorphology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 199-213

  Chiang, Cheng Shing ^a   Yu, Ho Shing ^b  

^a HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Incision; Morphology; Morphotectonics; Submarine canyon; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; OROGENIC BELT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOPING RIVER; MANILA; NATIONAL CAPITAL; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748889346     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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