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Index References in italics are to Tables or Figures accretionary prisms and complexes Bacan 445 Banda arc 53, 57 crustal isotopic signature 448-9 Borneo 252, 253 K/Ar dating 502, 503, 505 Songpan Ganzi 99 plate setting 483 Sumatra 23-4 Sibela continental suite 483-4 Timor trough 81-2 Sibela ophiolite 486-7 Visayas 515-16 tectonic evolution 490-3 Aceh sliver microplate 22-3 Tertiary stratigraphy 487-90, 501 Adang fault 382-3 Bacan Formation 487, 491 Aibi-Xingxing suture 99 Bakit Mersing line 248, 252 Aifam Group 468 Balangbaru Formation 359-61,366, 367 Ailaoshan belt 540 Ban Ang Formation 236 Ailaoshan suture 99, 106 Ban Thalat Formation 236 Aileu Formation 57 Banda arc 11, 47, 64, 451 Air Bangis granite 331,333 backarc region 56, 68-70 Aitape Basin 527 forearc structure 68 Ala Shan terrane 99 indentor model 70-2 Altyn Tagh fault 124, 125 orogen evolution 57-8 Amasing Formation 489 reflection profiles Ambon 445 methods 48-9 crustal isotopic signature 447-8 results 49-56 amphibolite, Darvel Bay 265 Banda arc (east) see Aru trough Andaman Sea 160 Banda orogen 194-5, 197, 451 Anggi granite 468 Banda Ridges 445 apatite fission track analysis crustal isotopic signature 449 Papua New Guinea 528-31 Banda Sea Thailand 244-5 Miocene history 462 western Sulawesi 404-6, 424 Miocene setting 144-5 4°mr/39Ar ages, Kaibobo complex 457-9 tectonic blocks 140, 141 arc-continent collision 525 tectonic setting 175-7 Arip Volcanics 253 Bangdu Formation 541 Aru trough 86-7 Banggai granite 474 deformation front 92-4 Banggai Island stratigraphy 474 gravity data 89-92 Banggai-Sula continental fragment 160, 466 seismic reflection data 88-9 Banggai-Sula Spur 445 Asem-Asem Basin 252 Banggong suture 99, 107 Ashmore platform 62, 63 Bantimala melange complex 354-5 asphalt 431 lithology 355 ATLAS model 154 outcrop distribution 356-61 Aurora volcanic ridge 518 structure 355-6 Australian plate tectonic evolution 361-2 collision with Philippine Sea plate 137 Banyak thrust 25 continental shelf characters Baoshan block 101,540 crustal thickness 63--6 diamictite 541-4 gravity survey 66-8 terrane motion 544-6 marginal slope features 69-81 Barail Formation 134 reflection profile 49-51 Barisan Mts 321-2 structure 63 Barisan orogen 189-91,197 isotope characteristics 446 Barito Basin 252 plate motion 32 Batu fault 21 Ayu trough 168 Bawang Dacite 253 557 558 INDEX Belaga Formation 248, 250, 251,253 Celebes Sea 140, 147, 164, 171 Bentong-Raub line 204 Cenozoic tectonic setting for SE Asia 124-5 Bia Formation 475 Champa Formation 236 Biak Formation 475 Changning-Menglian Belt 540, 546 biostratigraphy, Pak Lay sediments 229-30 Changning-Menglian suture 99, 107-8 Bird's Head 139, 142-3, 146 China, South 539, 549 Pb isotope ratios 446 collision tectonics 525 stratigraphy 470, 471 Asia-India 129, 133-5 tectonic reconstruction 477 Australia-Philippine Sea plate 137 tectonic setting 165, 174 Fujian evidence 553-5 Bisa, K/Ar dating 503 Indochina 225, 230 Bislig Bay 517 Philippines 512-16 Black River suture see Song Da Sulawesi 171-4 Bliri volcanics 527 continental fragments 445 Bobang Formation 474 Cotabato fault 518 Bogal Limestone Formation 468 Cotabato trench 39-40 Bonaparte basin 62, 63 Cretaceous studies Borneo (Kalimantan) 252 Khorat Plateau 237-8 Schwaner Mts 252-3 palaeomagnetism 207 tectonic setting 157-9, 168-70 Salawati stratigraphy 468 see also under Kalimantan Sumatra plutonism 324, 325, 330 Bouguer gravity measurements terrane distribution 114 Aru trough 89-92 Tomori stratigraphy 475 Australian continental shelf 66 Crocker Formation 256-8 Boyan Melange 252 crustal provenance analysis Boyan suture 99, 110-11 Pb-Nd isotope analysis Browse basin 62, 63 methods 446 Buan Formation 251 results 447-50 Bunga basalt 253 results discussed 450-1 Bunta Formation 474 Burma see Myanmar Buru, tectonic setting 168 Daguma fault 518-19 Buton 160, 167, 431-3,445 DAMAR line 48, 49-56, 64, 76, 78-82 displaced terrane 466 Damuchang Formation 541 palaeomagnetism study Dangerous Grounds Block 308 methods 434-5 Daram Sandstone Formation 470 results 435-4 1 Darvel Bay Complex 263-4 results discussed 441-2 metamorphic geology 264-73 Buya Formation 474 origins 273-7 ophiolite emplacement 277 declination 435,436, 437, 439 Cagayan ridge 164 Devonian studies Camba Formation 354-5, 367 Fujian province 550-1 Camba-Enrikang-Mamasa Complex 397 rifting 104 Cambro-Ordovician terrane distribution 111 Salawati stratigraphy 468 Canning basin 62, 63 terrane distribution 111 Carboniferous studies diamict, Yunnan 541-3 Fujian province 551 Dingjiazhai Formation 540, 541,542 rifting 104 displaced terranes 466 Salawati stratigraphy 468 Dongnanya block 100 terrane distribution 112 Dungun Graben 295-6 Tomori stratigraphy 474 Carcar Formation 520 Caroline plate 5-6, 141, 145-7, 466 East Java Sea 384 tectonic setting 168, 177 East Malaya terrane 99, 102 Cascades fault zone 519 East Natuna Basin 299 Cathaysia block 100 East New Guinea composite terrane 140, 141 Cathaysialand 113 East Papua composite terrane 140 ~NDEX 559 East Talaud bank 40-2 Huon-Finisterre arc terrane 13 Elat Formation 87 hydrocarbon potential Embaluh Group 251,253, 254 Lao PDR 246 Eocene studies Malay Basin 281,285 Asia-India collision 129 Penyu Basin 281 plate settings 380-2 Salawati Basin 479 Sulawesi tectonics 383 Thailand 244 Tomori Basin 479 Facet Limestone Group 468 Fafanlap Formation 470 inclination 435,436, 437, 439 Faumai Formation 470 indentor model, Banda arc 70-2 Finnisterre terrane 140, 141, 145, 148 India-Asia collision Flores thrust 11 kinematic model 125-8 forearc environments, examples of see Sumatra forward modelling 135-7 margin model constraints 133-5 'Fu'an-Nan'jin fault 550 rotation evidence 131-3 Fujian province 549 Tertiary development 129-31 foreland basin 549-50 Indian Ocean, seafloor spreading 127 collision tectonics 553-5 Indoburman flysch 134, 135 fold and thrust belt 553 Indochina block/terrane 99, 102 granites 553 tectonic history 204-6 stratigraphy 550-3 tectonic setting 157 Triassic collisional tectonics 225, 230 Indonesia Gabaldon basin 519 orogenies 188-96 Gamta Limestone Formation 468 tectonic development 186-8 Gaoligongshan metamorphics 540 tectonic history 204-6 Garba pluton 331 tectonic setting 186 garnet amphibolite, Darvel Bay 272-3 Indosinian orogeny 230, 549, 555 geochemistry Indus Yarlung Zangbo suture 99 Darvel Bay 267-8, 269 Irian Jaya see Bird's Head; Salawati Basin Papua New Guinea 532-3 isothermal remanent magnetism measurement Sumatra granitoids 325-8 methods 435 western Sulawesi 397-400, 425 results 435, 436, 437 geochronology see 4°mr/39Ar; K]mr; Rb/Sr; Izu trench 8 Sm/Nd; U/Pb Izu-Mariana trench 16 glacigenic sediments, Yunnan 541-3 Gondwana terrane rifting 103-5, 539, 544-5 gravity see Bouguer Gujuti Formation 504 Jass Formation 468 Gunung Api 68 Java, tectonic setting 160 Java trench 7, 8 Java-Sumatra margin, collision evidence 133-4 Hainan Island 99, 103, 554 Javan Forearc 337 Halmahera 29, 32, 499-500 Jinshajiang suture 99, 106 K/Ar dating Jurassic studies methods 500-2 Fujian province 552 results 502-6 palaeomagnetism 206-7 results discussed 506-8 rifting 104 stratigraphy 500 Salawati stratigraphy 468 tectonic setting 165,491 Sumatra plutonism 324, 325, 330 Hatapang granite 331 terrane distribution 114 Himalaya trench 8 Tomori stratigraphy 475 Himalayan front 9-11 hornblende gneiss, Darvel Bay 265 Huai Hin Lat Formation 206, 209, 236 K/Ar dating Huanan Alps orogen 549 Bacan 502, 503, 505 560 INDEX K/Ar dating (contd) Kuantan Formation 324 Bisa 503 Kulapis Formation 313, 316 Halmahera arc 506-8 Kun Lun fault 125 Khorat granites 244 Kunlun suture 99 Obi 503, 504 Kunlun terrane 99 Papua New Guinea 531 Kurogegawa terrane 99, 103 Pak Lay 229 Kutei Basin 384 Rajang Group 253 Sumatra granitoids 328-9, 333 western Sulawesi 400-3 Kai Islands 87-8 Labang Formation 312, 316 Kaibobo granite 456 Lamasi Complex ophiolite 397, 400 Kaibobo ultramafic complex Lampang Group 208, 212, 214 4°Ar/39Ar dating 457-9 Lancangjiang suture 99, 107 closure temperature 459 Langi Formation 366 implications for Banda Sea 462 Lanping-Simao fold system 539, 540 implications for obduction 461-2 Lao PDR 539 P-T-t modelling 459-61 Khorat Plateau 233-5 petrography 457 hydrocarbon potential 244, 246 Kais Formation 471 inversion history 237-45 Kalaw red beds 208, 210-11,212-13, 216 palaeomagnetic studies 206-7 Kalimantan (Borneo) stratigraphy 384 stratigraphy 235-7 Rajang Group 251-2, 253, 254-6 tectonic development 245 see also under Borneo Pak Lay Fold Belt Kalomba Formation 475 history of research 225-8 Kaputusan Formation 489-90, 505 recent studies 229-31 Kasiruta stratigraphy 487-8 summary history 231 Kayasa Formation 505-6 Lassi pluton 331 Kayoa 505 Laurasia-Gondwana marginal terranes 539, 544-5 Kazakhstan terrane 99 leaky transform fault 70 Kelabit Formation 256 Legaspi Lineament 517 Kelalan Formation 250, 256 Lelinta Shale Formation 468 Kembelangan Group 468 Lenggurur thrust belt 146 Kemum Formation 468 Lhasa terrane 99 Kemum terrane 143 Lianga fault 517 Kerabai volcanics 253 Ligu Formation 468 Keskain Formation 468 Long Bawang Formation 256 Ketapang batholith 252 Longmen Thrust 124, 125 Ketungau basin 254 Lubok Antu Melange 248 Khlong Marui fault 159 Luogengdi Formation 541 Khok Kruat Formation 207, 209 Luok Formation 475 Khorat Group 225, 230, 231,233 Lupar fault 254 Khorat Plateau 233-5 Lupar Formation 248, 250, 251,253 hydrocarbon potential 244, 246 Lupar Line 248, 252 inversion history 237-45 Lupar Line ophiolite 248 palaeomagnetic studies 206-7 Lurah Formation 256 stratigraphy 235-7 Luwuk Formation 475 tectonic
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