Modern vertical deformation rates and mountain building in Taiwan from precise leveling and continuous GPS observations, 2000-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Ching, Kuo En ^a   Hsieh, Meng Long ^b   Johnson, Kaj M ^c   Chen, Kwo Hwa ^d   Rau, Ruey Juin ^a   Yang, Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DOME; EXHUMATION; GPS; LEVELING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PRECISION; SUBSIDENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPLIFT;

CHUNGYANG RANGE; COASTAL RANGE [TAIWAN]; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052046534     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008242     Document Type: Article

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