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As a result of oblique collision, the Taiwan orogen propagates southward. The Hengchun peninsula in the southern tip of the Taiwan Central Range, preserving the youngest, the least deformed and the most complete accretionary prism sequences, allows therefore better understanding of the tectonic evolution of Taiwan orogen. On the Hengchun peninsula, four main stages of paleostress can be recognized...
Juxtaposed against the remnant forearc basin sequences along thrust faults, the Lichi Melange of the Coastal Range of Taiwan is composed of exotic ophiolite and sedimentary blocks, metric to kilometric in size, and coherent turbidite beds, all embedded in a sheared scaly argillaceous matrix. The Lichi Melange is controversial in origin, being interpreted either as a subduction complex, or as an olistostrome...
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