Mountain building mechanisms in the Southern Central Range of the Taiwan Orogenic Belt - From accretionary wedge deformation to arc-continental collision

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 413-422

  Lee, Yuan Hsi ^a   Chen, Chien Chi ^a   Liu, Tsung Kwei ^b   Ho, Hsin Cheng ^c   Lu, Hsueh Yu ^a   Lo, Wei ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge deformation; Arc continental collision; Fission track dating; Taiwan orogeny belt

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE DEFORMATION; ARC-CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FISSION-TRACK DATING; OROGENY BELT;

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGY; KINEMATICS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

LANDFORMS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33751195292     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.047     Document Type: Article

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