Continental breakup and UHP rock exhumation in action: GPS results from the Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4267-4290

  Wallace, Laura M ^a   Ellis, Susan ^b   Little, Tim ^c   Tregoning, Paul ^d   Palmer, Neville ^b   Rosa, Robert ^e   Stanaway, Richard ^f   Oa, John ^f   Nidkombu, Edwin ^f   Kwazi, John ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

^f Quickclose Pty Ltd ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

crustal deformation; GPS; rifting; seafloor spreading; Woodlark Basin

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; MICROPLATE KINEMATICS; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE ROCKS; WOODLARK BASIN;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GPS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; SATELLITE DATA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLIP RATE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CORAL SEA; D'ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS; MILNE BAY; NORMANBY ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON SEA; WOODLARK RIFT;

EID: 84922733807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005458     Document Type: Article

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