Subduction initiation is one of the main unsolved issues in plate tectonics theory with
different proposed mechanisms. In the arc (plateau, terrane)-continent collision models, a …

Detrital thermochronology studies based on the lag-time approach are increasingly
employed to investigate the erosional evolution of mountain belts and perform paleotectonic …

The rate of chemical weathering has been observed to increase with the rate of physical
erosion in published comparisons of many catchments, but the mechanisms that couple …

Abstract The southern Central Range of Taiwan is in an early stage of orogeny and the
landscape has not yet reached a steady state. To reveal the nature of the transient …

We present the first paleotopographic reconstruction of Taiwan by measuring the hydrogen
isotope composition of leaf waxes (δ2H n C29) preserved in 3-Ma and younger sediments of …

Background Individual organisms may exhibit phenotypic plasticity when they acclimate to
different conditions. Such plastic responses may facilitate or constrain the adaptation of their …

Mountain building and the rock cycle often involve large vertical crustal motions, but their
rates and timescales in unmetamorphosed rocks remain poorly understood. We utilize high …

Taiwan is an archetypal example of continental accretionary wedges. Yet the generally poor
knowledge of three‐dimensional strain distribution over time and role of architecture of the …

The mode and tempo of Cenozoic fluvial input into the South China Sea by Asian rivers
were strongly controlled by tectonically induced topographic changes and landscape …

Late Cenozoic orogen-derived sediments recorded in the pro-and retro-foreland basins on
both sides of the Taiwan orogenic wedge provide important constraints on sediment …