Foredeep tectonics and carbonate platform dynamics in the Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 819-822

  Galewsky, Joseph ^a   Silver, Eli A ^a   Gallup, Christina D ^b   Edwards, R L ^b   Potts, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CARBONATION; SUBSIDENCE;

CARBONATE DEPOSITION; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SHALLOW WATERS; SIDE SCAN SONAR; AVERAGE RATE;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; FOREARC BASIN; LOWSTAND; REEF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; FOREDEEP; SEISMIC SURVEY; SIDE SCAN SONAR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CORAL SEA; HUON GULF; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; MOROBE;

EID: 0030485429     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0819:FTACPD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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