Present-day crustal motion in Papua New Guinea

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 727-730

  Tregoning, Paul ^a   McQueen, Herb ^a   Lambeck, Kurt ^a   Jackson, Russell ^b   Little, Rod ^b   Saunders, Steve ^c   Rosa, Robert ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Rabaul Volcano Observatory   (Papua New Guinea)

^d National Mapping Bureau   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; GPS; TECTONICS; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; MICROPLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; STRAIN; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WORLD;

EID: 0008710350     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352272     Document Type: Article

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