Late Cenozoic metamorphism and mountain building in Taiwan: A review

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-119

  Simoes, Martine ^a   Beyssac, Olivier ^b   Chen, Yue Gau ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Metamorphism; Mountain building; Taiwan; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; ISLAND ARC; METAMORPHISM; MOUNTAIN; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84862800881     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.11.009     Document Type: Review

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