The structure and kinematics of the central Taiwan mountain belt derived from geological and seismicity data

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Brown, D ^a   Alvarez Marron, J ^a   Schimmel, M ^a   Wu, Y M ^b   Camanni, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; KINEMATICS; LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; BASAL DETACHMENT; BASEMENT ROCKS; BASIN-BOUNDING FAULTS; CENTRAL RANGES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DEEP-WATER SEDIMENTS; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT SYSTEM; FLOWER STRUCTURES; FOLD BELTS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; KINEMATIC MODEL; LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; MOUNTAIN BELTS; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE; SEISMICITY DATA; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; THRUST BELTS; THRUST SYSTEMS; TRANSPRESSION;

FAULTING;

EID: 84868309679     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012TC003156     Document Type: Article

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