Structure, evolution and tectonic activity of the eastern Sunda forearc, Indonesia, from marine seismic investigations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 6-21

  Luschen E ^a   Muller C ^a   Kopp, H ^b   Engels, M ^a   Lutz, R ^a   Planert, L ^b   Shulgin, A ^b   Djajadihardja, Y S ^c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

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

^c AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Forearc basin; Indonesia; Multichannel seismic profiling; Outer arc high; Sunda Arc

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FOREARC BASIN; INDONESIA; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OUTER ARC; SUNDA ARC;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FOREARC BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LOMBOK; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUNDA ARC; SUNDA ISLES; WEST NUSA TENGGARA;

EID: 79961024712     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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