Investigation the kinematics of mountain building in Taiwan from the spatiotemporal evolution of the foreland basin and western foothills

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Simoes, Martine ^a,b,c   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN; ISLAND ARC; KINEMATICS; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845565133     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004209     Document Type: Article

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