Australia-Banda Arc collision as an analogue for early stages in Iapetus closure

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 589-592

  Snyder, D B ^a   Barber, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banda Arc; Iapetus; Orogeny; Reflection methods; Subduction

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; NAPPE FORMATION; OPHIOLITE EMPLACEMENT; OROGENY; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VOLCANIC ARC;

INDONESIA, BANDA ARC;

EID: 0031450125     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.4.0589     Document Type: Article

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