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The anticlinal nappe which forms the Huon Peninsula and adjacent ranges extends offshore as the Huon Ridge. The frontal thrust of the nappe is the Ramu-Markham Fault (onshore) and a deformation front along the line of the Markham Canyon (offshore). The timing and geometry of the Finisterre arc-continent collision is controversial, and the origin of the Finsch Deep is unresolved.
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Davies, H.L., Lock, J., Tiffin, D.L. et al. Convergent tectonics in the Huon Peninsula region, Papua New Guinea. Geo-Marine Letters 7, 143–152 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238044
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