Sequence stratigraphy, structural style, and age of deformation of the Malaita accretionary prism (Solomon arc-Ontong Java Plateau convergent zone)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 389, Issue 3-4 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 221-246

  Phinney, Eric J ^a,b   Mann, Paul ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^a,c   Shipley, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc polarity reversal; Malaita accretionary prism; Ontong Java Plateau; Solomon arc

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; ISLAND ARC; PLIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE PLATEAU; TECTONOPHYSICS;

MELANESIA; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 5144228871     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.10.025     Document Type: Article

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