Importance of active tectonics during karst formation. A Middle Eocene to Pleistocene example of the Lina Mountains (Irian Jaya, Indonesia)

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 213-221

  Thery, J M ^a   Pubellier, M ^b   Thery, B ^c   Butterlin, J ^d   Blondeau, A ^a   Adams, C G ^e  

^a École normale superieure ^*  (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c SHAG   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Bird's Head of Irian Jaya; Middle Pleistocene; Palaeobiostratigraphy; Pot hole; Upper Lutetian

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CENOZOIC; KARST; NEOTECTONICS; SPELEOTHEM; STRATIGRAPHY;

INDONESIA; IRIAN JAYA; LINA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0033133364     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0985-3111(00)88660-X     Document Type: Article

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