Geo-Marine Letters

, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp 153–160 | Cite as

Regional setting and structure of the western Solomon Sea

  • H. L. Davies
  • E. Honza
  • D. L. Tiffin
  • J. Lock
  • Y. Okuda
  • J. B. Keene
  • F. Murakami
  • K. Kisimoto
Article

Abstract

The western Solomon Sea is bounded by the Paleogene collision complex of the Papuan Peninsula to the south, and land masses constructed by Cainozoic volcanism to the north and cast. Oblique collision of two trenches in the western Solomon Sea, and concomitant collision of upper plates, have produced structural complexities that may include the local doubling of crustal thickness, coincident with a strong negative gravity anomaly west of 149°E. Lateral flexing of the subducted plate in the New Britain Trench may have caused flexure of the upper plate; this flexure is expressed in the gravity field, faults, dip-slopes, exposure of basement, and alignment of volcanoes.

Keywords

Trench Gravity Field Paleogene Gravity Anomaly Crustal Thickness 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • H. L. Davies
    • 1
  • E. Honza
    • 2
  • D. L. Tiffin
    • 3
  • J. Lock
    • 1
  • Y. Okuda
    • 2
  • J. B. Keene
    • 4
  • F. Murakami
    • 2
  • K. Kisimoto
    • 2
  1. 1.Bureau of Mineral ResourcesCanberraAustralia
  2. 2.Geological Survey of JapanTsukubaJapan
  3. 3.CCOP/SOPACSuva, Fiji
  4. 4.University of SydneySydneyAustralia

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