Mountain building in Taiwan: A thermokinematic model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Simoes, Martine ^a,b,c   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Beyssac, Olivier ^b   Goffé, Bruno ^b   Farley, Kenneth A ^a   Chen, Yue Gau ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXHUMATION; GRAVITY FIELD; KINEMATICS; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; TECTONIC WEDGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 38349087741     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004824     Document Type: Article

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