Fracture patterns and their relations to mountain building in a fold-thrust belt: A case study in NW Taiwan

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 184, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 485-500

  Chu, Hao Tsu ^a,e   Lee, Jian Cheng ^b,e   Bergerat, Françoise ^c,e   Hu, Jyr Ching ^d,e   Liang, Shen Hsiung ^d,e   Lu, Chia Yu ^d,e   Lee, Teh Quei ^b,e  

^a MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fold thrust belt; Joint pattern; Orogenesis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; BEDDING PLANE; COMPLEXITY; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SLIP; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; FRACTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENY; PALEOSTRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84885723596     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.184.4-5.485     Document Type: Article

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