Convergent margin extension associated with arc-continent collision: The Finsch Deep, Papua New Guinea

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-87

  Whitmore, G P ^a   Johnson, D P ^a   Crook, K A W ^b   Galewsky, J ^c   Silver, E A ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARC/CONTINENT COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGINS; EXTENSION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA, FINSCH DEEP;

BATHYMETRY; DIGITAL STORAGE; SEISMOLOGY;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DRIVING MECHANISM; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEISMIC SECTIONS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0030809356     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC02476     Document Type: Article

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