Oligocene to recent tectonic history of the Central Solomon intra-arc basin as determined from marine seismic reflection data and compilation of onland geology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 389, Issue 3-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 267-307

  Cowley, Shane ^a,b,d   Mann, Paul ^a   Coffin, M F ^a,c,e   Shipley, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central Solomon intra arc basin; Oceanic plateau; Solomon arc; Subduction polarity reversal

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; ISLAND ARC; OLIGOCENE; SUBMARINE PLATEAU; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 5144226185     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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