Gravity fields in eastern Halmahera and the Bonin Arc: Implications for ophiolite origin and emplacement

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-93

  Milsom, John ^a   Hall, Robert ^b   Padmawidjaja, Tatang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Geological Research and Development Centre Bandung   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISLAND ARC; OPHIOLITE; THRUSTING; VOLCANISM;

INDONESIA, HALMAHERA;

EID: 0029767374     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC02353     Document Type: Article

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