Tectonic features of the southern Sumatra-western Java forearc of Indonesia

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 11-1-11-15

  Schluter H U ^a   Gaedicke, C ^a   Roeser, H A ^a   Schreckenberger, B ^a   Meyer, H ^a   Reichert, C ^a   Djajadihardja, Y ^b   Prexl, A ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^c Veritas DGC Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Indonesia; Sediments; Seismics; Subduction; Sunda forearc

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; JAVA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ARC;

EID: 0036823264     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901048     Document Type: Article

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