Seram – Geological and Tectonic Evolution

Seram, an island of the outer Banda Arc, eastern Indonesia, is crucial to understanding the complex interplay between major tectonic processes in this region, such as the ongoing collision between Australia and Eurasia, Banda Sea subduction rollback, strike-slip faulting, crustal delamination, melting and flow. It is located in a region of intense seismic activity and important frontier hydrocarbon exploration, yet because it is a large, sparsely populated island of rainforest and mountains, its geological evolution remains poorly understood.

Completed Projects

Deformation, exhumation and active tectonics in Seram, Indonesia

Orogenic Processes in Seram, Eastern Indonesia

Recent Papers –

Max Webb et al., 2020. Isotopic mapping reveals the location of crustal fragments along a long-lived convergent plate boundary. Lithos.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105687

Max Webb et al., 2020. The history of Cenozoic magmatism and collision in NW New Guinea – New insights into the tectonic evolution of the northernmost margin of the Australian Plate. Gondwana Research.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2019.12.010

Amy Gough et al., 2020. Mid-Cenozoic fluvio-deltaic to marine environments of the Salin Sub-basin, Central Myanmar. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.104143

Recent News –

Amy Gough and Max Webb attended the Restech 2.0 Virtual Reservoir Conference. Amy Gough presented new SEARG research on the pitfalls of light mineral studies for sedimentary provenance in tropical climates.

Amy Gough was awarded an honorary research fellowship of the British Geological Survey and continues to foster collaborative relationships between SEARG and the BGS.