The boundary between continental rifting and sea-floor spreading in the Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 217-238

  Goodliffe, A M ^a   Taylor, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORAL SEA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34548257338     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.11     Document Type: Article

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