The SE Asian gateway : history and tectonics of the Australia--Asia Collision / edited by R. Hall, M...
The SE Asian gateway : history and tectonics of the Australia--Asia Collision / edited by R. Hall, M...
The SE Asian gateway : history and tectonics of the Australia--Asia Collision / edited by R. Hall, M.A. Cottam and M.E.J. Wilson.
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Publisher
London : Geological Society of London, 2011.
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Date
2011.
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N551.136/14
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Language
English
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Physical content
381 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
The SE Asian gateway: history and tectonics of the Australia-Asia collision -- Palaeozoic-Mesozoic history of SE Asia -- Subsidence and uplift by slab-related mantle dynamics: a driving mechanism for the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic evolution of continental SE Asia? -- Pre-Cenozoic sedimentary secti...
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Publisher
London : Geological Society of London, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
Collision between Australia and SE Asia began in the Early Miocene and reduced the former wide ocean between them to a complex passage which connects the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Today, the Indonesian Throughflow passes through this gateway and plays an important role in global thermohaline flow. The surrounding region contains the maximum global...
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Full title
The SE Asian gateway : history and tectonics of the Australia--Asia Collision / edited by R. Hall, M.A. Cottam and M.E.J. Wilson.
Portion of title
History and tectonics of the Australia--Asia collision.
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Geological Society special publication, 0305-8719 ; no. 355.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N551.136/14
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74VvMyE3Ao6d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvMyE3Ao6d
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ISBN
186239329X (hbk.)
9781862393295 (hbk.)
DDC
551.136
MMS ID
991007311739702626
