Ramu basin, Papua New Guinea: A record of late miocene terrane collision

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 663-684

  Cullen, Andrew B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Shell Overseas Planning   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; TERRANE COLLISION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, RAMU BASIN;

LANDFORMS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CLASTICS; FINISTERRE TERRANE; LATE MIOCENE TERRANE COLLISION; MARAMUNI ARC; MIDDLE PLIOCENE INVERSION; PLIOCENE SEDIMENT SOURCE; RAMU BASIN; THURST FAULTS; WOGAMUSH BEDS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029667782     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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