Compressive tectonism along the eastern margin of Malaita Island (Solomon Islands)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 289-304

  Auzende, Jean Marie ^a,e   Kroenke, Loren ^b   Collot, J Y ^c,f   Lafoy, Y ^d   Pelletier, Bernard ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d Service des Mines et de l'Energie   (New Caledonia)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^f GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compressive tectonism; Geophysics; Solomon islands; Swath bathymetry; West pacific

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPRESSION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GEOPHYSICS; PLATE MOTION; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TECTONICS;

PACIFIC, SOLOMON ISLANDS, MALAITA ISLAND; SOLOMON ISLANDS, MALAITA;

EID: 0030460377     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286082     Document Type: Article

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