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Deffontaines et al. 1994
Deffontaines, B., Lee, J.-C., Angelier, J., Carvalho, J. and Rudant, J.-P. (1994). New geomorphic data on the active Taiwan orogen: A multisource approach. Journal of Geophysical Research 99: doi: 10.1029/94JB00733. issn: 0148-0227.

A multisource and multiscale approach of Taiwan morphotectonics combines different complementary geomorphic analyses based on a new digital elevation model (DEM), side-looking airborne radar (SLAR), and satellite (SPOT) imagery, aerial photographs, and control from independent field data. This analysis enables us not only to present an integrated geomorphic description of the Taiwan orogen but also to highlight some new geodynamic aspects. Well-known, major geological structures such as the Longitudinal Valley, Lishan, Pingtung, and the Foothills fault zones are of course clearly recognized, but numerous, previously unrecognized structures appear distributed within different regions of Taiwan. For instance, transfer fault zones within the Western Foothills and the Central Range are identified based on analyses of lineaments and general morphology. In many cases, the existence of geomorphic features identified in general images is supported by the results of geological field analyses carried out independently. In turn, the field analyses of structures and mechanisms at some sites provide a key for interpreting similar geomorphic features in other areas. Example are the conjugate pattern of strike-slip faults within the Central Range and the oblique fold-and-thrust pattern of the Coastal Range. Furthermore, neotectonic and morphologic analyses (drainage and erosional surfaces) have been combined in order to obtain a more comprehensive description and interpretation of neotectonic features in Taiwan, such as for the Longitudinal Valley Fault. Next, at a more general scale, numerical processing of digital elevation models, resulting in average topography, summit level or base level maps, allows identification of major features related to the dynamics of uplift and erosion and estimates of erosion balance. Finally, a preliminary morphotectonic sketch map of Taiwan, combining information from all the sources listed above, is presented. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994

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Tectonophysics, Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle—general, Information Related to Geographic Region, Asia
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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