Splitting a continent: Insights from submarine high-resolution mapping of the moresby seamount detachment, offshore papua new guinea

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 651-654

  Speckbacher, Romed ^a   Behrmann, Jan H ^a   Nagel, Thorsten J ^b   Stipp, Michael ^a   Devey, Colin W ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CRUSTAL SOURCES; DEFORMATION PARTITIONING; DETACHMENT FAULT; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DRILL HOLE; FAULT ROCK; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MYLONITES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLATE KINEMATICS; PROTOLITHS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; KINEMATICS; QUARTZ; SUBMERSIBLES; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER CRAFT;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BOTTOM WATER; CALCITE; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; GABBRO; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; QUARTZ; SEAMOUNT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TURBIDITY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CORAL SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK BASIN;

EID: 79960067363     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31931.1     Document Type: Article

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