@article{fdi:010083755, title = {{S}train partitioning and exhumation in oblique {T}aiwan collision : role of rift architecture and plate kinematics}, author = {{C}onand, {C}. and {M}outhereau, {F}. and {G}anne, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me and {T}ien {S}hun {L}in, {A}. and {L}ahfid, {A}. and {D}audet, {M}. and {M}esalles, {L}. and {G}iletycz, {S}. and {B}onzani, {M}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}aiwan is an archetypal example of continental accretionary wedges. {Y}et the generally poor knowledge of three-dimensional strain distribution over time and role of architecture of the rifted margin shed doubt on the cylindrical two-dimensional kinematic models of {T}aiwan collision. {H}ere we provide new field-based constraints on strain distribution, new {R}aman {S}pectroscopy on {C}arbonaceous {M}aterials temperatures and apply mica-chlorite multiequilibrium approach to determine pressure-temperature in the {C}entral {R}ange of {T}aiwan. {W}e identify three distinct structural domains that define zones of orthogonal shortening in the western {B}ackbone {R}ange and left-lateral ductile shearing overprinted by left-lateral transtensional brittle deformation in eastern {C}entral {R}ange. {F}ield surveys show the lack of nappe stacking in the {B}ackbone {R}ange. {C}ombining new temperature estimates with existing thermochronological constraints we emphasize that western {T}aiwan mostly inherited preorogenic thermal history. {W}e show that metamorphic peak conditions of 5-6 kbar and 330-400 °{C} in the eastern {B}ackbone {R}ange and {HP} rocks of the {Y}uli {B}elt exhumed along the {P}-{T} paths related to transcurrent deformation. {W}e propose a three-dimensional kinematic model of {T}aiwan accounting for the oblique motion of the {P}hilippine {S}ea {P}late relative to the plate boundary and the reactivation of a {NS} striking transform fault in the {S}outh {C}hina {S}ea rifted margin. {R}ecent and ongoing strain partitioning in the {T}aiwan accretionary wedge is reflected by the coexistence of brittle left-lateral shear, oblique extension, and contraction. {O}ur results have impact on orogen-based plate kinematic reconstructions that consider two-dimensional kinematic evolution of orogens}, keywords = {{TAIWAN} ; {MER} {DE} {CHINE} ; {HENGCHUN} {PENINSULE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{T}ectonics}, volume = {39}, numero = {4}, pages = {e2019{TC}005798 [30 ]}, ISSN = {0278-7407}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.1029/2019{TC}005798}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083755}, }