Plate Tectonic Reconstructions – Models

Indonesia and the Indian Ocean

Plate tectonic reconstructions of Indonesia and the Indian Ocean for the last 160 Ma

Late Jurassic-Cenozoic reconstructions of the Indonesian region and the Indian Ocean – Tectonophysics, 2012, Volume 570-571, Pages 1-41

Banda Arc

Plate tectonic reconstructions of the Banda region for the last 30 Ma

Spakman, W. & Hall, R. 2010. Surface deformation and slab-mantle interaction during Banda Arc subduction rollback. Nature Geoscience, 3, 562-566. doi:10.1038/ngeo917

Southeast Asia

Plate tectonic reconstructions of SE Asia and the SW Pacific for the last 55 Ma

Hall, R. 2002. Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions and animations. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 20(4), 353-434

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.