Inversion of a hyper-extended rifted margin in the Southern Central Range of Taiwan

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 871-874

  McIntosh, Kirk ^a   van Avendonk, Harm ^a   Lavier, Luc ^a   Lester, W Ryan ^a   Eakin, Daniel ^a   Wu, Francis ^b   Liu, Char Shine ^c   Lee, Chao Shing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASEMENT ROCKS; CENTRAL RANGES; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; TOMOGRAPHIC VELOCITY;

TECTONICS;

PRISMS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

CHUNGYANG RANGE; HENGCHUN PENINSULA; MANILA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84888805743     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34402.1     Document Type: Article

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