Revisiting the orogenic energy balance in the western Taiwan orogen with weak faults

Terra Nova

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-164

  Meade, Brendan J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; ENERGY BALANCE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID PRESSURE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84875053833     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12022     Document Type: Article

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