Long-term crustal movement caused by the Chiuchiungkeng Fault in southwestern Taiwan: Constraints from luminescence dating

Quaternary International

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Chen, Y W ^a,b   Chen, Y G ^a   Murray, A S ^b   Watanuki, T ^a   Chen, W S ^a   Yang, C C B ^a   Liu, T K ^a   Lin, C W ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; FOLDING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 64549160306     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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