Constraints from rocks in the Taiwan orogen on crustal stress levels and rheology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kidder, Steven ^a,b   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Chan, Yu Chang ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; QUARTZ; QUARTZ VEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

HSUEH SHAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 84867268319     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009303     Document Type: Article

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