SUNDALAND: BASEMENT CHARACTER, STRUCTURE AND PLATE TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT

• Main Authors: Robert Hall, Benjamin Clements, Helen R. Smyth
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Sumba; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.454.6840; http://searg.rhul.ac.uk/pubs/hall_etal_2009_IPA SE Asia reconstruction.pdf

Sundaland is a heterogeneous region assembled by closure of Tethyan oceans and addition of Gondwana fragments. Basement structure influenced Cenozoic tectonics. Understanding Cenozoic basins requires a knowledge of the Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic history of Sundaland which is illustrated by a new pl...