Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Andaman-Sumatra subduction margin: Current understanding

Island Arc

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-200

  Chakraborty, Partha P ^a,b   Khan, Prosanta K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman Sumatra margin; Forearc basin; Oblique subduction; Subduction accretion complexes; Trench slope basin

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CENOZOIC; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOREARC BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE TECTONICS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANDAMAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 65449147076     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2008.00643.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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