A plate tectonic model for the Cenozoic development of the region of SE Asia and the SW
Pacific is presented and its implications are discussed. The model is accompanied by …

3.1 Introduction he Southeast Asian gateway is the connection from the Pacific to the Indian
Ocean, which during the Cenozoic diminished from a wide ocean to a complex narrow …

Eastern Indonesia is the zone of interaction between three converging megaplates: Eurasia,
the Pacific and Indo-Australia. The geological basis for interpretations of the Tertiary tectonic …

The Lengguru fold-and-thrust belt in West Papua (Indonesia) has all the characteristics of a
young orogen involved in a rapidly changing tectonic setting. The analysis of the young …

We report new data from medium‐high grade metamorphic rocks found at the northern
margin of the Lengguru Fold Belt in West Papua. The study involved a systematic analysis of …

The western fold‐and‐thrust belt of New Guinea in Irian Jaya is presently a complex
boundary, dominated by the Bird's Head block escape from the collision between the …

The correlation of interregional unconformities, structures, and magmatic activity suggests
tectonic events in the Arctic were controlled by the Early Cretaceous collision and combined …

TECTONlCS AND PHYSICS Geology, although rooted in the laws of physics, rarely has
been taught in a manner designed to stress the relations between the laws and theorems of …

Abstract Hydrocarbon exploration in Irian Jaya, which initially targeted near surface Late
Miocene reef plays, has evolved to exploration targets in Jurassic-Cretaceous clastics which …

Sedimentary history and stratigraphy of the Papua and Arafura Sea areas, eastern
Indonesia, are gained from surface geological mapping combined with published data from …