The first record of Eocene tuff in a Paleogene rift basin near Nantou, Western Foothills, central Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-16

  Huang, Chi Yue ^a,b   Chi, Wen Ron ^a   Yan, Yi ^b   Yang, Kenn Ming ^a   Liew, Ping Mei ^c   Wu, Min Shyan ^d   Wu, Jong Chang ^d   Zhang, Chuanheng ^e  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Break up unconformity; Paleogene rift basin; Syn rift sequence; Taiwan; Western Foothills

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOCENE; RIFT ZONE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TUFF; UNCONFORMITY;

NANTOU; TAIWAN;

DISCOCYCLINA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84877122258     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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