Surface uplift history of the incipient Banda arc-continent collision: Geology and synorogenic foraminifera of Rote and Savu Islands, Indonesia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 95-110

  Roosmawati, Nova ^a   Harris, Ron ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Banda Arc; Foraminifera; Indo Pacific Seaway; Indonesia; Rote; Savu; Sumba; Timor; Uplift rates

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; AVERAGE RATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FIELD MAPPING; FOREARC; GEOLOGICAL MAP; HIGH RATE; INDONESIA; INITIAL STAGES; NEO GENES; PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; STRONG CURRENTS; TRIASSIC; UPLIFT RATE;

DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL CONSERVATION;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOZONATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; NEOGENE; OROGENY; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; BANDA ARC; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROTE; SAVU; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70449717684     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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