Juxtaposed sequence stratigraphy, temporal-spatial variations of sedimentation and development of modern-forming forearc Lichi Mélange in North Luzon Trough …

CY Huang, WH Chen, MH Wang, CT Lin, S Yang… - Earth-science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea oceanic lithosphere has been subducting eastward beneath
the Huatung Basin/Philippine Sea Plate since the Early Miocene (~ 18 Ma). The subduction …

Deformation partitioning in mountain belts: insights from analogue modelling experiments and the Taiwan collisional orogen

J Malavieille, S Dominguez, CY Lu, CT Chen… - Geological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Many orogens on the planet result from plate convergence involving subduction of a
continental margin. The lithosphere is strongly deformed during mountain building involving …

Methane seeps and independent methane plumes in the South China Sea offshore Taiwan

S Mau, TH Tu, M Becker… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the northern South China Sea (SCS) we explored methane dynamics in the water column
during SONNE-cruise SO266 in October/November 2018. Two depth zones contained …

A forearc pull-apart basin under oblique arc-continent collision: Insights from the North Luzon Trough

R Zhang, S Li, Y Suo, J Liu, X Cao, J Zhou, Z Jiang… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The North Luzon Trough, on the East Asian continental margin, is under
transpression due to the oblique convergence between the Eurasian and Philippine Sea …

Polygenetic mélange in the retrowedge foredeep of an active arc-continent collision, Coastal Range of eastern Taiwan

LSH Lai, RJ Dorsey, CS Horng, WR Chi, KS Shea… - Sedimentary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Plio-Pleistocene Lichi Mélange in the Coastal Range of eastern Taiwan offers
an excellent opportunity to study processes of mélange development at the continent-ocean …

Active interseismic shallow deformation of the **ting terraces (Longitudinal Valley–Eastern Taiwan) from UAV high-resolution topographic data combined with …

B Deffontaines, KJ Chang, J Champenois… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We focus herein on the location, characterization and the quantification of the most active
structural feature of Taiwan: the Longitudinal Valley Fault that corresponds to the suture in …

[PDF][PDF] Ages of ophiolitic rocks along plate suture in Taiwan orogen: Fate of the South China Sea from subduction to collision

YC Lo, C Chih-Tung, CH Lo… - … Atmospheric and Oceanic …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Ophiolite-bearing belts mark convergent plate suture zones and are central in reconstructing
plate configuration and structures of mountain belts. The active Taiwan mountain belt …

Franciscan mélanges: Coherent blocks in a low-density, ductile matrix

WG Ernst - International Geology Review, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Franciscan Complex comprises the largely sedimentary basement of the
California Coast Ranges. This classic trench deposit has undergone a series of …

From convergent plate margin to arc–continent collision: Formation of the Kenting Mélange, Southern Taiwan

X Zhang, PA Cawood, CY Huang, Y Wang, Y Yan… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Kenting Mélange on the Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan, formed through tectonic
shearing of subduction complex lithologies, probably within the plate boundary subduction …

Stratigraphy and provenance of forearc sequences in the Lichi Mélange, Coastal Range: Geological records of the active Taiwan arc‐continent collision

WH Chen, CY Huang, Y Yan, Y Dilek… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Lichi Mélange in the Coastal Range, eastern Taiwan, is considered as sheared forearc
sequences. However, the age of these sequences is still uncertain, and their significance for …