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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

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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 development 245 Luzon, Miocene tectonics 515 Kimberley block 62, 63 Kintom Formation 475 Kisar Island 68 Klamogun Formation 471 Macolod Corridor 511,520-1 Klasafet Formation 472 Makassar Strait 394-7 Klasaman Formation 472 tectonic setting 162 Klondyke Formation 515 Malacca microplate 323, 324 Kluet Formation 324 Malawa Formation 354, 366 Kongshuhi Formation 541,542 Malay Basin 281,292-3 Kontum massif 206 basement 283-4 INDEX 561

heat flow 282 Muna 434 hydrocarbons 281,285 Mussau trench 6 stratigraphy 283, 293 Myanmar (Burma) structure 284-7, 293-7 collision evidence 134-5 Malay blocks, tectonic setting 159-60 palaeomagnetic studies Malay Peninsula methods 212 palaeomagnetic studies 207-10 results 212-13 tectonic setting 539 stratigraphy 210-11 Maleta basin 62, 63 tectonic setting 539 Manday suture 99, 110 Manunggal batholith 331 Mariana trench 8, 15-16 Marinduque Basin 521 Nagan granodiorite 331 Matano Formation 475 Nalang Formation 236 Matindok Formation 475 Nam Con Son Basin 300 Mekong basin 282, 299-300 Nam Set Formation 236 Melanesian orogeny 195-6, 197 Nam Thom Formation 236 melanges Nam Xoi Formation 236 Java 353 Nam-Phong Formation 206, 209 Nias Island 342 Nambo Formation 474 Sulawesi 356 Nan-Uttaradit ophiolite zone 225 Melawi Basin 254 Nan-Uttaradit suture 99, 107 Menanga Formation 474 Nanaka Formation 474 Mengliong Group 540 Nasa Formation 236 Mentarang Formation 256 natural thermal remanent magnetism 435,436, 437 Mentawai fault 21, 24 143Nd/144Nd and provenance Mentawai fault zone 338, 345-6, 346-50 methods of analysis 406-7, 425, 446 Mentawai sliver microplate 21-2 results 447-50 Meratus Mts 252 results discussed 450-1 Meratus suture 99, 110 Neogene studies Mergui microplate 323, 324 Halmahera arc stratigraphy 500 metachert, Darvel Bay 271-2 orogenies 188-96 metamorphic studies Philippine tectonics 511-12 Darvel Bay 264-73 docking 512-16 Gaoligongshan 540 extension 520-1 Sulawesi 140-2 post docking 516-20 metatuff, Darvel Bay 270-1 Sundaland rotations 217-18 Miangas ridge 35 see also Miocene; Pliocene Mindanao collision zone 511, 512-15 New Guinea Mindoro-Panay collision zone 511 convergence evidence 145-6 mineralogy (heavy), Yunnan glacigenics 543 indentor 43 Miocene studies Pb isotope ratios 446 Asia-India collision 130-1 plate motion 12-13 Banda Sea 462 see also Papua New Guinea Malay and Penyu Basins 283 New Guinea Limestone Group 470 Papua New Guinea 533,534-6 New Guinea Mobile Belt 525, 526 Sulawesi tectonics 384 New Guinea orogen 147 Sulu Sea Basin 311-16, 317 New Hebrides trench 8, 13 Misool Island, stratigraphy 468, 470, 472, 571 Nias basin 21 Molucca Sea 29, 147 Nias Island 338-41 bathymetric transect features 32-43 deformation studies 341-6 geodynamic framework 32 fault pattems 346 lithospheric boundaries 43-5 significance of structures 346-50 subduction 492 Nofanini Formation 474 tectonic setting 174-5 North China terrane 99 Molucca-Sorong fault 467 North Sula-Sorong fault 467 Moon volcanics 489 Northeast China terrane 99 Mukus assemblage 323, 324 Nusa Babi monzodiorite 488-9, 503 562 INDEX

NW Borneo-Palawan Trough 308 Khorat Plateau 206-7 NW Sabah Platform 308 Malay Peninsula 207-10 Nyaan Volcanics 253 Myanmar 212-13 Nyalau Formation 251 relation to plate setting 154-6, 217-19 Pangaea 539, 544-5 Papua New Guinea apatite fission track analysis Obi methods 528-30 displaced terrane 466 results 530 K/Ar dating 503, 504 results discussed 530-1 Tertiary stratigraphy 501 geochemistry 532-3 oblique subduction/convergence 3, 19 plate setting 525 Oligocene studies stratigraphy and structure 525-7 Asia-India collision 129-20 tectonic summary 533-6 Malay and Penyu Basins 283 thermochronology 531-2 New Guinea orogen 147 Pasir Basin 252 Papua New Guinea 534 Pb isotope ratios South China Sea extension 248 methods of analysis 446 Sulawesi tectonics 383-4 results 447-50 Ombilin granite 324, 329 results discussed 450-1 ophiolites Pedawan Formation 250 Darvel Bay 263-4, 277 Penyu Basin 281,297-8 Lamasi Complex 397, 400 basement 283-4 Lupar Line 248 stratigraphy 283 Nan-Uttaradit 225 structure 287-8 Sibela 486-7 Permian studies Opol Formation 513 Fujian province 551,553 Ordovician studies 111 Khorat Plateau 235 orogenic events palaeomagnetism 206 Banda 57-8, 194-5, 197, 451 rifting 104 Baresan 189-91,197 Salawati stratigraphy 468 Huanan Alps 549 Sumatra magmatism 323-4, 329 Indonesia 188-96, 230, 549, 555 terrane distribution 112 Melanesian 195-6, 197 Tomori stratigraphy 475 New Guinea 147 petroleum see hydrocarbon potential Pacific 225 Phalat Formation 236 Sabah 258 Phetchbun Fold belt 233, 234 Sarawak 256 Philippine arc 511 South China Caledonian 549 Philippine archipelago Sulawesi 191-4, 197 Neogene tectonics 137-9, 164-5, 511-12 Sunda 188-9, 197 docking 512-16 Talaud 191,192, 197 extension 520-1 Yanshanian 549, 555 post docking 516-20 Philippine fault 15, 511 Philippine Sea plate 5, 32, 466, 491 Pacific orogeny 225 boundary evidence 147 Pacific Plate, Mesozoic subduction 549 coupling with Australia 137, 145-6 Pak Lay Fold Belt rotation estimates 138-9 history of research 225-8 tectonic setting 162 recent studies 229-31 Philippine trench 15, 32, 44 summary history 231 bathymetry 33-5 palaeogeography, terrane distribution 111-14 Phon Hong Group 235, 236, 244 palaeomagnetic studies Phu Phanang Formation 236 methods 212, 434-5 Phulekphey Formation 236 regional results Piring granodiorite 253 Asia rotation evidence 131-3 Piyabung Volcanics 253 Banda Sea 142 plate motions 4, 5-6 Buton 435-42 boundary convergence 3 INDEX 563

boundary zone deformation 6-7 Saleh Island stratigraphy 487, 489 Plateau Limestone 208, 212 Salodik Formation 474, 475 Pliocene studies 536 Sampolakosa Formation 435,438, 439, 440 Poh Formation 475 Sandakan Formation 314, 316 Prince Alexander Mts 527 Sangihe arc 29, 32, 39 provenance analysis see under crustal Sangihe basin/trough 39, 40 Pujada ridge 35-9 Sat Khua Formation 207, 209 Pumenqian Formation 540 Sapulut Formation 256 Sarangani-Davao depression 39 Sarawak Qaidam terrane 99 Ketungau Basin stratigraphy 254 Qamdo-Simao terrane 99 Rajang Group stratigraphy 248-51 Qiangtang terrane 99 Sarawak orogeny 256 Qinling-Dabie suture 99, 109-10 Saysomboun Formation 236 Quaternary studies Schwaner Mts 252-3 Bacan stratigraphy 490 SE Asia, tectonic setting in Cenozoic 155, 158, Halmahera arc 506 161,163, 166, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 178 SE Asia (SEA) plate 5 Sebuku Formation 256 radiometric dating see 4°Ar/39Ar, K/Ar; Rb/Sr; seismic sections Sm/Nd; U/Pb Sandakan basin 314, 315 Rajang Group 253 Vientiane Plain 239-243 Kalimantan 251-2 Selangkai Formation 251,253 Sarawak 248-51 Semitau ridge 254 Ratburi Limestone 208, 212, 214 Semitau terrane 99, 103 Raub-Bentong suture 99, 108-9 Sepauk tonalite 252, 253 Rb/Sr dating Sepik Basin 526 Sumatra granitoids 324, 328-9 Seram 445, 455-7 western Sulawesi 406-7, 425 crustal isotopic signature 448 Red River fault 124, 125, 157, 204 tectonic setting 167-8 Red River suture see Song Ma ultramafic complex study rifting events 103-5 4°Ar/39Ar values 457-9 Ruta Formation 489 closure temperature 459 Ryukyu trench 8, 15 implications for Banda Sea 462 implications for obduction 461-2 P-T-t modelling 459-61 Sabah 307-8 petrography 457 Central basin 311-16 Seram trough 86 Darvel Bay Complex 263-4 Serantak Volcanics 253 metamorphic geology 264-73 Setul Limestone 208, 212, 214 origins 273-7 Shan boundary 99, 110 ophiolite emplacement 277 Shan Plateau NW region palaeomagnetic studies deep regional unconformity (DRU) 308-10 methods 212 structure 311 results 212-13 Rajang Group 254-6 stratigraphy 210-11 Sabah orogeny 258 Shan-Thai block 126, 132 Sagaing suture 99, 110 see also Sibumasu block Sahul platform 62, 63 Shazipo Formation 541,544 Sainabouli Province see Pak Lay Fold Belt shear faults 3 Salawati Basin Sibela continental suite 483-4 correlation to Tomori Basin 475-6 Sibela ophiolite 486-7 hydrocarbon potential 479 Sibolga granite 324, 329 stratigraphy 467-72 Sibumasu block/terrane 99, 100-2 structure 467 tectonic history 204 tectonic significance 476-9 tectonostratigraphy 205 Saleh diorite 489, 503 Triassic collision studies 225, 230 564 INDEX

Sibuyan sea fault 519-20 Sulawesi Group 475 Siguangping Formation 541 Sulawesi orogeny 191-4, 197 Sikuleh granite 331 Sulu Sea 164 Silantek Formation 248, 254 basin tectonics 311-16, 317 Silurian studies 468 Sumatra Simao block/terrane 99, 101 plutonism 323-5 Sintang intrusives 254 geochemistry 325-8 Sirga Formation 470 geochronology 328-9 slip partitioning 3, 6-16, 19 tectonic setting 160, 322-3 slip vectors 19 Sumatra fault 21, 24, 160 sliver microplates 19, 21-3 Sumatra fault system (SFS) 322 Sm/Nd isochron, western Sulawesi 407, 425 Sumatra margin Snellius ridge 42-3 accretionary prism transfers 23-4 Solomon trench 13 plate setting 20 Song Da (Black River) suture 105-6, 204, 554 sliver plates 21-3 Song Ma (Red River) suture 99, 105-6, 204, 554 subduction rates 20 Songpan Ganzi accretionary complex 99 tectonic model 24-7 Sorol trough 6 Sumatra trench 8 Sorong fault 12-13,467 Sumatran Forearc 7, 337-8 Sorong fault system 465-6 see also Nias Island Sorong-Sulabesi fault 467 Sumba 445 South China block/terrane 98-100 crustal isotopic signature 449-50 Cenozoic motion 124, 125 metamorphic belt 140-2 South China Caledonian orogen 549 Sunda orogeny 188-9, 197 South China Sea Sundaland 250, 281 models of tectonic evolution 247-8 collision evidence 133-5 spreading mechanism 133 deftned 291 tectonic setting 157 marginal features 353,354 see also Malay Basin; Penyu Basin northern shelf basin studies see Malay; Penyu; South Sula fault 467 West Natuna; East Natuna; Mekong; Nam South West Borneo terrane 99, 103 Con Son Sturt block 62, 63 palaeomagnetic studies Sukadana granite 252, 253 history of study 206-10 Sula Islands 474 methods 212 Sula platform 167 results 212-17 Sulabesi Island 467 results discussed 217-19 Sulan pluton 331 setting for sites 210-12 Sulawesi significance of results 219-22 Bantimala melange complex 354-5 tectonic setting 171,204 lithology 355 tectonic summary 300-5 outcrop distribution 356-61 see also Sumatra structure 355-6 suturing events 105-11 tectonic evolution 361-2 collisional tectonics 171-4 displaced terrane 466 metamorphic belt 140-2 Tagoloan fault 514 tectonic setting 160-2 Taiwan collision zone 511 Tertiary magmatic evolution 392-4 Talaud orogeny 191,192, 197 distribution of igneous rocks 397 Talaud ridge 40 geochemistry 397-400, 425 Tamangil Formation 87 geochronology 400-11,424-5 Tanamu Formation 474 petrogenesis 411-13 Tang Ting fault 125 petrology 397 Tanimbar trough 86 thermal history 141-15 Tanjong Formation 313 Tertiary stratigraphy 365-9, 394 Tarim block/terrane 99, 124, 125 depositional environments 375-7 Tatau formation 250, 251 facies description 369-75 Tawali Besar, stratigraphy 487-8 Tertiary tectonics 383-4, 415-23 Tawali Formation 487-8, 491 INDEX 565

tectonic overview of SE Asia 155 Fujian province 551-2, 553 Temburong Formation 256 palaeomagnetism 206 Tengchong Block 540 rifting 104 diamictite 541-4 Salawati stratigraphy 468 terrane motion 544-6 Sumatra plutonism 324, 329-30 terrane evolution terrane distribution 112 origins 98-103 Tomori stratigraphy 475 palaeogeography 111-14 Trusmadi Formation 256 Tertiary studies Tukang Besi platform 160, 167, 434 Bacan stratigraphy 487 Bacan tectonics 490-3 Salawati stratigraphy 471 Sumatra plutonism 331-3 U/Pb dating, western Sulawesi 410-11,425 Sunda Shelf kinematics 301 Ujung Kulon fracture zone 21 Tomori stratigraphy 475 Ulai intrusion 331 see also Eocene; Miocene; Oligocene; Neogene; Pliocene Tetambahu Formation 474 Verde Passage fault 519-20 Tethys Ocean, phases of 103-5,546 Visayas, Neogene accretion 515-16 Thai-Malay Peninsula 159-60 volcanic arc, role in Banda orogen 55-6, 57 Thailand Vulcan basin 62, 63 hydrocarbon potential 244 palaeomagnetic studies 207-10 rotation 217-18 tectonic setting 539 Waaf Formation 470 Thangon Formation 236 Waigeo, tectonic setting 491 thermochronology, Papua New Guinea 531-2 Walanae Depression 366 Three Pagodas fault 159 Wallace Line 394 thrust faults 3 Wang Chao fault 159 Tibet block, Cenozoic motion 124, t25 Weber basin 87 Timor Weda Group 503, 505 role in Banda orogen 57 Weduar Formation 87 structural model 47 Weryahan Formation 87 TIMOR line 48, 49-56, 64, 76, 78-82 West Andaman fault 22, 23 Timor trough 11, 51-3, 86 West Burma Block 99, 102 evolution 75-6 West Kutei basin 253 seismic reflection profile 81 West Malaysia see Malay Peninsula Tipuma Formation 468 West Natuna Basin 282, 298-9 Tokala Formation 474 stratigraphy 283 Tomori Basin 472-3 West New Guinea composite terrane 140, correlation to Salawati Basin 475-6 141 hydrocarbon potential 479 West Philippine basin 32 stratigraphy 470, 471,474-5 Wetar thrust 11, 61 structure 473-4 Wharton basin 19 tectonic significance 476-9 Woi Formation 504 Tomori Formation 475 Woniusi Formation 541,543-4, 544 Tonasa Limestone Formation 354, 365, 366 Woyla suture 99, 110 depositional environment 377-80 Woyla terranes 99, 103 facies 368-75 origins 375-7 stratigraphy 367-9 Xianggui block 100 tectonic environment 383-4 Xikou Formation 551-2, 554 Tondo Formation 435, 438, 439, 440 Xilao-He suture 99 Tonga trench 8, 13-15 Torricelli Intrusive Complex 527 Torricelli terrane 147 Triassic studies Yangtze block 100 collisional tectonics 225 Yangtze para-platform 549 566 INDEX

Yangtze Platform 539, 540 glacigenic sediments 541-3 Yanshanian orogenies 549, 555 origins 544-6 Yap trench 6 Yefbie Shale 468 Yongde Formation 541, 544 'Zhen'he-Da'pu fracture 549-50 Yunnan (SW) 539-41 Zishi Formation 541