Contemporary deformation of tectonic escape in SW Taiwan from GPS observations, 1995-2005

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 601-619

  Ching, Kuo En ^a   Rau, Ruey Juin ^a   Lee, Jian Cheng ^b   Hu, Jyr Ching ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

conjugated fault; GPS; tectonic escape; upper mantle flow

Indexed keywords

CHISHAN FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FENGSHAN TRANSFER FAULT ZONE; UPPER MANTLE FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SHEAR STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION; GPS; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 35148826997     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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