The arc-continent collision in taiwan

Frontiers in Earth Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 213-245

  Byrne, T ^a   Chan, Y C ^b   Rau, R J ^c   Lu, C Y ^d   Lee, Y H ^e   Wang, Y J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84871004278     PISSN: 18634621     EISSN: 1863463X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88558-0_8     Document Type: Article

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