Destruction of Luzon forearc basin from subduction to Taiwan arc-continent collision

Tectonophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Hirtzel, Justin ^a   Chi, Wu Cheng ^b   Reed, Donald ^a   Chen, Liwen ^b,c   Liu, Char Shine ^c   Lundberg, Neil ^d  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc; Backthrust; Collision; Forearc basin; Seismic profiles; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MODES; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; FORE-ARC BASIN; FOREARC; GROWTH STRATA; LUZON ARC; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEISMIC LINES; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; STUDY AREAS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; PRISMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EURASIAN PLATE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOREARC BASIN; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LUZON; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 70449718873     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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