REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND NEOTECTONIC MOVEMENT OF TAIWAN INLAND AND OFFSHORE AREAS

GENG Wei; ZHANG Xunhua; HUANG Long; WEI Helong; HUANG Chiyue

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.06073

2014 Vol. 34, No. 6

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GENG Wei, ZHANG Xunhua, HUANG Long, WEI Helong, HUANG Chiyue. REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND NEOTECTONIC MOVEMENT OF TAIWAN INLAND AND OFFSHORE AREAS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(6): 73-82. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.06073

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GENG Wei, ZHANG Xunhua, HUANG Long, WEI Helong, HUANG Chiyue. REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND NEOTECTONIC MOVEMENT OF TAIWAN INLAND AND OFFSHORE AREAS[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2014, 34(6): 73-82. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2014.06073

REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND NEOTECTONIC MOVEMENT OF TAIWAN INLAND AND OFFSHORE AREAS

1. Key Laboratory of Marine Hydrocarbon Resources and Environment Geology, Qingdao 266071, China;
2. Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao 266071, China;
3. Key Labortory of Coastal Wetland Biogeosciences, Qingdao 266071, China;
4. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou 210640, China;
5. Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 701

Received Date: 11 August 2014

Revised Date: 30 October 2014

Abstract

Abstract

Taiwan is located at the junction of the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate. The tectonic framework and regional geological features of the inland and its offshore owe their origin to the collision of the Luzon Arc and the Eurasian Continent (arc-continent collision) in Middle Miocene. We summarized in this paper the regional geological features of the study area based on field geological observation and survey data. The geology of Taiwan is characterized by young strata, strong and young active tectonics and the influence of both Manila subduction and Ryukyu subduction. The neotectonic movement in Taiwan is also effected by arc-continent collision. There are numerous faults, thrust-fold belts, frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes and higher geothermal anomalies in the study area. Neotectonic movement is particularly active in the Western Foothills, the Longitudinal Valley-the Coastal Rang and the southern and northeastern seas.
- arc-continent collision /
- regional geological features /
- neotectonic movement /
- Taiwan

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