Significant crustal structural variation across the Chaochou Fault, southern Taiwan: New tectonic implications for convergent plate boundary

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 564-570

  Tang, Chi Chia ^a,b   Zhu, Lupei ^b   Chen, Chau Huei ^a   Teng, Ta Liang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Moho depth; Plate boundary

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT ZONE; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STACKING; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST FAULT;

CHAOCHOU FAULT ZONE; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955612449     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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