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
REFERENCES
CHAPTER NOTE