Paleomagnetic evidence for rapid vertical-axis rotations during thrusting in an active collision zone, northeastern Papua New Guinea

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 537-550

  Weiler, Peter D ^a   Coe, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PALAEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC ROTATION; THRUSTING;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0031452702     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC00493     Document Type: Article

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