Tectonic controls on facies transitions in an oblique collision: The western Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1266-1278

  Galewsky, Joseph ^a   Silver, Eli A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; OBLIQUE COLLISION; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLEXURE; FOREARC BASIN; LITHOSPHERE; OCEAN BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIES; TECTONICS; TURBIDITES;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; CANADA; CORAL SEA; MARKHAM; NEW BRITAIN; NEW GUINEA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031405287     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1266:TCOFTI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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