Tectonic uplift mechanism of the Goodenough and Fergusson Island gneiss domes, eastern Papua New Guinea: Constraints from seismic reflection and well data

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3969-3995

  Fitz, Guy ^a,b   Mann, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

continental extension; D'Entrecasteaux Islands; gneiss dome uplift; Papua New Guinea; prerift breakup

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL EXTENSION; D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS DOME; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

DOMES;

FAULTING;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; DOME; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS; HIGH PRESSURE; LITHOSPHERE; MIGMATITE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; UPLIFT;

D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84889054635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20208     Document Type: Article

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