Cenozoic tectonic and depth/age evolution of the Indonesian gateway and associated back-arc basins

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 177-203

  Gaina, Carmen ^a   Müller, Dietmar ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

back arc basin; dynamic topography; paleo age; paleo depth; Southeast Asia; tectonic reconstructions

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BACKARC BASIN; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CENOZOIC; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HOT SPOT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE MOTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CAROLINE BASIN; CELEBES SEA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34447526606     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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