Geomorphic constraints on the active tectonics of southern Taiwan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1357-1372

  Ramsey, Lucy A ^a,c   Walker, Richard T ^b   Jackson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Drainage anomalies; Geomorphology; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34548128900     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03444.x     Document Type: Article

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