Interactions between a transform fault and arc volcanism in the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Llanes, P ^a   Silver, E ^b   Day, S ^b,c   Hoffman, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Papua New Guinea; Plate boundaries; Strike slip tectonics; Submarine canyon; Volcanic islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749125820     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002430     Document Type: Article

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