Pliocene onset of rapid exhumation in Taiwan during arc-continent collision: New insights from detrital thermochronometry

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-285

  Kirstein, L A ^a   Fellin, M G ^b   Willett, S D ^b   Carter, A ^c   Chen, Y G ^d   Garver, J I ^e   Lee, D C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; PLIOCENE; SUBSIDENCE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

COASTAL RANGE [TAIWAN]; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953167944     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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