The Palu Koro Shear Zone, a 1000-kilometer-long zone of Middle Miocene Tectonic activity in Sulawesi and Eastern Borneo

Conference · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States)

OSTI ID:7017589

Scardina, A D ^[1]; Haan, E A ^[2]; Maher, K A ^[3]

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1. Pecten International Co., Houston, TX (United States)
2. Koninklijke/Shell Exploratie en Produktie Laboratorium, Rijswijk (Netherlands)
3. Shell Development Co., Houston, TX (United States)

The middle Miocene was a period of major tectonic activity for Sulawesi and eastern Borneo. Previous workers have documented the effects of the collision of the Sula and Buton microplates on Sulawesi, the uplift of Borneo, and overthrusting onshore and offshore Sabah. These tectonic events are thought to be related to motion along a regional shear zone that extends 1000 km from the southeastern limb of Sulawesi to the offshore of northern Sabah. Rangin (1989) originally suggested that the collision of the Sula microcontinent was responsible for the compression that lead to the overthrusting onshore Sabah. Here the authors present additional evidence of the long-range effects of this collision and its control on the basin development and formation of hydrocarbon-bearing structures.

• OSTI ID: 7017589
• Report Number(s): CONF-940803-; CODEN: AABUD2
• Journal Information: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States), Vol. 78:7; Conference: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) international conference and exhibition, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 21-24 Aug 1994; ISSN 0149-1423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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