Evidence of Holocene uplift in east New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Riker Coleman, K E ^a   Gallup, C D ^a   Wallace, L M ^b   Webster, J M ^c   Cheng, H ^d   Edwards, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; REEFS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

CORAL REEF; PALEOWATER DEPTH;

OCEANOGRAPHY; REEFS;

CORAL REEF; HOLOCENE; SUBDUCTION; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW BRITAIN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANTHOZOA;

CORAL REEF; HOLOCENES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; UNDERPLATING; UPLIFT RATE; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

EID: 38549087506     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026596     Document Type: Article

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