Inversion of the Paleogene Chinese continental margin and thick-skinned deformation in the Western Foreland of Taiwan

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1977-1993

  Mouthereau, Frédéric ^a   Lacombe, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Collision; Continental margin; Fold thrust belt; Thick skinned; Thin skinned

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOLD-THRUST BELT; SYN-OROGENIC SUBSIDENCE; TAIWAN;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; INVERSION TECTONICS; OROGENY; PALEOGENE; PALEOSTRESS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33750940185     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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