Active deformation front delineated by drainage pattern analysis and vertical movement rates, southwestern Coastal Plain of Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-264

  Yang, Chih Cheng Barry ^a   Chen, Wen Shan ^a   Wu, Leh Chyun ^b   Lin, Chii Wen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blind thrust; Deformation front; Digital Elevation Model (DEM); Drainage pattern

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; EURASIAN PLATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MASS MOVEMENT; MEANDER; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 35648958092     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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