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Title: Wrench fault tectonics in northern New Guinea basin, Papua New Guinea

Abstract

New Guinea lies on the northern Australian plate boundary and has been a sensitive tectonic recorder of Cenozoic plate interactions between the Australian and Pacific plates. The specific plate interactions are documented by the evolution of the Northern New Guinea fault system and the basin it overprints, the Northern New Guinea basin. Consideration of plate kinematics suggests convergence became increasingly oblique during the Cenozoic. Hydrocarbon exploration strategies within the Northern New Guinea basin must address not only sedimentation, but also must deal with the basin's complex structural and tectonic evolution. A static tectonic classification will not adequately define the Northern New Guinea basin. It is better described as an evolving basin being overprinted by wrenching.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman
OSTI Identifier:
6527756
Report Number(s):
CONF-8405216-
Journal ID: CODEN: AAPGB
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 68:4; Conference: AAPG annual convention, San Antonio, TX, USA, 20 May 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 03 NATURAL GAS; HYDROCARBONS; EXPLORATION; NEW GUINEA; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; TECTONICS; GEOLOGIC FAULTS; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; GEOLOGIC FRACTURES; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; ISLANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 030200 - Natural Gas- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration

Citation Formats

Trumbly, N I, and Pigott, J D. Wrench fault tectonics in northern New Guinea basin, Papua New Guinea. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Trumbly, N I, & Pigott, J D. Wrench fault tectonics in northern New Guinea basin, Papua New Guinea. United States.
Trumbly, N I, and Pigott, J D. 1984. "Wrench fault tectonics in northern New Guinea basin, Papua New Guinea". United States.
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abstractNote = {New Guinea lies on the northern Australian plate boundary and has been a sensitive tectonic recorder of Cenozoic plate interactions between the Australian and Pacific plates. The specific plate interactions are documented by the evolution of the Northern New Guinea fault system and the basin it overprints, the Northern New Guinea basin. Consideration of plate kinematics suggests convergence became increasingly oblique during the Cenozoic. Hydrocarbon exploration strategies within the Northern New Guinea basin must address not only sedimentation, but also must deal with the basin's complex structural and tectonic evolution. A static tectonic classification will not adequately define the Northern New Guinea basin. It is better described as an evolving basin being overprinted by wrenching.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6527756}, journal = {Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)},
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volume = 68:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
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