Thermo-mechanical structure beneath the young orogenic belt of Taiwan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 388, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 21-31

  Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Song, Teh Ru Alex ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Rheology; Seismicity; Strength profile; Thermo mechanical

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; OROGENIC BELT; RHEOLOGY; TECTONOPHYSICS; THERMOMECHANICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 4644254375     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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