Segmentation of the western Taiwan active fault zone inferred from its structural analogy to the Nankai trough region, southwest Japan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-203

  Sugiyama, Yuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nankai trough; Oblique convergence; Segmentation; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MIMICRY; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HSINCHU; JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAINAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 35648982838     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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