Sedimentation in a complex convergent margin: The Papua New Guinea collision zone of the western Solomon Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 19-45

  Whitmore, G P ^a   Crook, K A W ^a,b   Johnson, D P ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic facies; Arc continent collision; Basin fill; Convergent margin; Papua New Guinea; Provenance; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

SOLOMON SEA;

EID: 0033059388     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00132-7     Document Type: Article

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