Active Continental Extension in the Western Woodlark Basin: A Synthesis of Leg 180 Results

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS OF PAPUA

BASEMENT AGE AND COMPOSITION

MIOCENE TROBRIAND FOREARC BASIN

LATE MIOCENE ONSET OF RIFTING: TIMING AND INITIAL SUBSIDENCE

PLIOCENE SUBSIDENCE, SEDIMENTATION, AND PALEOENVIRONMENT

QUATERNARY RIFTING AND SEDIMENTATION

DIAGENESIS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTS

ORGANIC AND INORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY

SHALLOW-ANGLE MORESBY NORMAL FAULT

FLUID/THERMAL REGIME AND DUCTILE MECHANISMS OF CRUSTAL THINNING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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