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Taiwan-tectonic-plates

Taiwan-tectonic-plates

Posted on September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 by Jen Schmidt

map of Taiwan and surrounding sea with red lines

Taiwan is caught in a plate tectonic vice, with the Philippine Sea Plate colliding with Taiwan along the Longitudinal Valley Fault and the Eurasian Plate colliding with the island on its west coast (from Thomas et al., 2014).

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