Thrust belt architecture of the central and Southern Western Foothills of Taiwan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 348, Issue , 2010, Pages 137-168

  Rodriguez Roa, Fernando A ^a   Wiltschko, David V ^a,b  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COLLISION; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; NORMAL FAULT; UPLIFT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78650204517     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP348.8     Document Type: Article

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