The geology of New Guinea -the cordilleran margin of the Australian continent

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-102

  Davies, Hugh L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; DEFORMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; ISLAND ARC; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARAFURA SEA; BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; BISMARCK SEA; CORAL SEA; MANUS BASIN; NEW BRITAIN; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK BASIN;

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EID: 84878509931     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/008     Document Type: Article

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