Slab breakoff as a mechanism for flipping of subduction polarity in Taiwan

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-158

  Teng, L S ^a   Lee, C T ^a   Tsai, Y B ^a   Hsiao, L Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collision; Lithospheric structure; Subduction; Taiwan; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

COLLISION; DEEP-FOCUS EARTHQUAKES; EARLY PLIOCENE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORTHERN TAIWAN; PHILIPPINE SEAS; SUBDUCTION; TAIWAN;

GEOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84879882865     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<155:SBAAMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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