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A New Geological Map of the Marginal Basins of Eastern Papua New Guinea: Implications for Crustal Accretion and Mineral Endowment at Arc–Continent Collisions

Philipp A. Brandl, Mark D. Hannington, Anna Krätschell, Sven Petersen, Alan T. Baxter, Margaret S. Stewart, Christopher Galley, Justin Emberley, Sylvia G. Sander
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 15 November 2024
Lithosphere (2024) 2024 (4): lithosphere_2024_145.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2024_145
... of deformation and selective preservation during subduction. The Melanesian Borderland, which includes the offshore regions of eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, contains several active and relict arc and backarc systems that have formed in response to more than 50 Ma of subduction and complex...
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Characteristics of the Seismic Clusters Bounding the Ramu-Markham Fault Zone, Eastern Papua New Guinea

George Noho, Manoj Mukhopadhyay, Basab Mukhopadhyay, Diptansu Sengupta
Published: 01 January 2021
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2021) 97 (1): 9–20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-021-1621-6
..., the latter is traversed by the RMFZ. Fig. 2. Seismicity in the eastern Papua New Guinea, plot is centred at the port-city Lae. Earthquake distribution (Mw ≥ 2.8) is shown with magnitude classification as per index. Data period: 1964-2019, data source: USGS - NEIC. The subduction interface is marked...
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Transient fluvial incision and active surface uplift in the Woodlark Rift of eastern Papua New Guinea

Scott R. Miller, Suzanne L. Baldwin, Paul G. Fitzgerald
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 April 2012
Lithosphere (2012) 4 (2): 131–149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/L135.1
.... Webb L.E. Fitzgerald P.G. Grove M. Hill E. , 2004 , Pliocene eclogite exhumation at plate tectonic rates in eastern Papua New Guinea : Nature , v. 431 , p. 263 – 267 , doi:10.1038/nature02846 . Baldwin S.L. Webb L.E. Monteleone B.D. , 2008 , Late Miocene...
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Structural evolution of the Dayman dome metamorphic core complex, eastern Papua New Guinea

Nathan R. Daczko, Peter Caffi, Paul Mann
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 November 2011
GSA Bulletin (2011) 123 (11-12): 2335–2351.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/B30326.1
... ), the Tyrrhenian Sea ( Jolivet et al., 1998 ), the Gulf of California ( Langenheim and Jachens, 2003 ), and the Laptev Sea ( Drachev et al., 2003 ). High-grade lower-crustal metamorphic core complexes have been studied in eastern Papua New Guinea on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands ( Fig. 1B ), where rocks that formed...
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Morpho-tectonic map of eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. White labels denote tectonic plates, light yellow to active magmatic arcs, and light purple to troughs and trenches. Numbers denote relative plate motions and are given in mm a–1 for convergence (yellow box), divergence (red box), and transfer (white box). Abbreviations: BSSL – Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation, BTM – Bewani–Torricelli Mountains, KKKF – Kia-Kaipito-Korigole Fault zone, MKT – Manus-Kilinailau Trench, MMP – Manus Microplate, MP – Microplate, MRT – Mussau Ridge and Trench, NBT – New Britain Trench, NF – Nubara Fault, NGT – New Guinea Trench, NST – North Solomon Trench, OSR – Owen Stanley Ranges, PFTB – Papuan Fold and Thrust Belt, PP – Papuan Peninsula, SSP – Solomon Sea Plate, SST – South Solomon Trench, TLTF – Tabar-Lihir-Tanga-Feni island chain, TT – Trobriand Trough, WF – Weitin Fault.

Morpho-tectonic map of eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Wh...

Published: 15 November 2024
Figure 1 Morpho-tectonic map of eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. White labels denote tectonic plates, light yellow to active magmatic arcs, and light purple to troughs and trenches. Numbers denote relative plate motions and are given in mm a –1 for convergence (yellow box
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Seismicity in the eastern Papua New Guinea, plot is centred at the port-city Lae. Earthquake distribution (Mw ≥ 2.8) is shown with magnitude classification as per index. Data period: 1964-2019, data source: USGS - NEIC. The subduction interface is marked. Dark thick line: Ramu Markham Fault Zone (RMFZ) on-land; offshore continuation is inferred. The zones for seismic clusters are identified. Beach-balls of some larger earthquakes are plotted to indicate overall kinematics of the region which is mostly compressional.

Seismicity in the eastern Papua New Guinea, plot is centred at the port-cit...

Published: 01 January 2021
Fig. 2. Seismicity in the eastern Papua New Guinea, plot is centred at the port-city Lae. Earthquake distribution (Mw ≥ 2.8) is shown with magnitude classification as per index. Data period: 1964-2019, data source: USGS - NEIC. The subduction interface is marked. Dark thick line: Ramu Markham
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(A) Regional tectonic setting of eastern Papua New Guinea (PNG), indicating locations discussed in the text. Background topography and bathymetry were created using GeoMapApp (www.geomapapp.org). Australia/Woodlark (AUS/WLK) pole of rotation and dashed arrows along the Owen Stanley fault zone (OSFZ) are predicted motion across the fault of the Woodlark microplate relative to a fixed New Guinea highlands microplate from the best-fit model of Wallace et al. (2004). The longest arrow represents 22.5 mm relative motion per year. (B) Map of eastern Papua New Guinea and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands: GI—Goodenough, FI—Fergusson, and NI—Normanby. PP—prehnite-pumpellyite; PA—pumpellyite-actinolite; A,G&amp;E—amphibolite, granulite and eclogite; A,EB&amp;G—amphibolite, epidote blueschist and greenschist facies; TF—Trobriand fault; GB—Goodenough Bay; MB—Milne Bay; MS—Morseby Seamount. The Gwoira Conglomerate (1 km thick; Davies and Smith, 1974) is deposited onto the exposed metabasite Dayman dome and Biman dip slopes (modified from Hill and Baldwin, 1993; Wallace et al., 2004; Little et al., 2007). Compilation of faults of Miocene to recent age is from Little et al. (2007).

(A) Regional tectonic setting of eastern Papua New Guinea (PNG), indicating...

Published: 01 November 2011
Figure 1. (A) Regional tectonic setting of eastern Papua New Guinea (PNG), indicating locations discussed in the text. Background topography and bathymetry were created using GeoMapApp ( www.geomapapp.org ). Australia/Woodlark (AUS/WLK) pole of rotation and dashed arrows along the Owen Stanley
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A: Simplified tectonic map of eastern Papua New Guinea. Digital elevation model was created using GeoMapApp (http://www.GeoMapApp.org). Geologic overlay is simplified from Davies (1980a). Pole of rotation for 3.6–0.5 Ma (Taylor et al., 1999) and present-day pole of rotation (Wallace et al., 2004) are shown with error ellipses. AUS—Australian plate; DD—Dayman Dome; DI—D'Entrecasteaux Islands; OSFZ—Owen Stanley fault zone; PUB—Papuan Ultramafic Belt. Magnetic anomalies from Taylor et al. (1999); chron 2A.3 is dashed where inferred. Woodlark plate motion vectors relative to Australia are color coded relative to the 3.6–0.5 Ma (yellow) and present-day (red) poles of rotation. Transport directions of upper plate are based on our field observations and Little et al. (2007). Inset: Tectonic setting of HP-UHP rocks within the present day Australian-Pacific plate boundary zone. AUS—Australian plate; NBP—North Bismarck plate; SBP—South Bismarck plate; NMA—Northern Melanesian Arc; OJP—Ontong Java Plateau; PAC—Pacific plate; WLK—Woodlark plate. B: Schematic cross section across the Papuan Peninsula (after Davies, 1980b). C: GeoMapApp image of an oblique aerial view of the Dayman Dome detachment fault. No vertical exaggeration; view is from the NNE.

A: Simplified tectonic map of eastern Papua New Guinea. Digital elevation m...

Published: 01 October 2008
Figure 1. A: Simplified tectonic map of eastern Papua New Guinea. Digital elevation model was created using GeoMapApp ( http://www.GeoMapApp.org ). Geologic overlay is simplified from Davies (1980a) . Pole of rotation for 3.6–0.5 Ma ( Taylor et al., 1999 ) and present-day pole of rotation
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Tectonic and geologic map of eastern Papua New Guinea (Baldwin et al., 2004). Asterisk indicates coesite-eclogite locality (9°29′0″S, 150°27′40″E). Red arrows indicate present-day plate motion vectors (Wallace et al., 2004). White dashed line indicates Bruhnes chron. Inset shows microplates of Australian-Pacific plate boundary zone. Abbreviations: WLK—Woodlark plate; SBP—South Bismarck plate; UHP—ultrahigh pressure. Map: DI—D'Entrecasteaux Islands; G—Goodenough Island; F—Fergusson Island; N—Normanby Island; PUB—Papuan ultramafic belt. After Baldwin et al. (2004).

Tectonic and geologic map of eastern Papua New Guinea ( Baldwin et al., 200...

Published: 01 September 2008
Figure 1. Tectonic and geologic map of eastern Papua New Guinea ( Baldwin et al., 2004 ). Asterisk indicates coesite-eclogite locality (9°29′0″S, 150°27′40″E). Red arrows indicate present-day plate motion vectors ( Wallace et al., 2004 ). White dashed line indicates Bruhnes chron. Inset shows
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The SuSu Knolls Hydrothermal Field, Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: An Active Submarine High-Sulfidation Copper-Gold System

Christopher J. Yeats, Joanna M. Parr, Raymond A. Binns, J. Bruce Gemmell, Steven D. Scott
Journal: Economic Geology
Published: 01 December 2014
Economic Geology (2014) 109 (8): 2207–2226.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.109.8.2207
... in the eastern portion of the eastern Manus basin, an actively opening back-arc basin in the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea (PNG; Fig. 1 ). Significant hydrothermal activity was first identified and polymetallic Cu-Zn-Au-Ag-Pb sulfide mineralization first recovered from the eastern Manus basin by the PACMANUS I...
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Metalliferous Sediments Associated with Presently Forming Volcanogenic Massive Sulfides: The SuSu Knolls Hydrothermal Field, Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea

Elitsa Hrischeva, S. D. Scott, Ryan Weston
Journal: Economic Geology
Published: 01 January 2007
Economic Geology (2007) 102 (1): 55–73.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.55
...Elitsa Hrischeva; S. D. Scott; Ryan Weston Abstract Short sediment cores were examined from the active SuSu Knolls hydrothermal field in the eastern Manus back-arc basin, Papua New Guinea, in order to explain the origin of the currently accumulating metalliferous sediments. The mineralogy...
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GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF GOLD-RICH HYDROTHERMAL PRECIPITATES FROM THE EASTERN MANUS BASIN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Roger Moss, Steven D. Scott
Published: 01 August 2001
The Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39 (4): 957–978.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gscanmin.39.4.957
...Roger Moss; Steven D. Scott Abstract Three of the five hydrothermal vent fields currently known in the Manus back-arc basin of Papua New Guinea are enriched in gold. Samples of precipitates from the PACMANUS and Susu Knolls hydrothermal fields in eastern Manus Basin contain up to 56.8 ppm gold...
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MORPHOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NEUTRALLY BUOYANT PLUME-DERIVED PARTICLES AT THE EASTERN MANUS BASIN HYDROTHERMAL FIELD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Alejandro Ortega-Osorio, Steven D. Scott
Published: 01 February 2001
The Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39 (1): 17–31.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gscanmin.39.1.17
...Alejandro Ortega-Osorio; Steven D. Scott Abstract Neutrally buoyant particulate matter emitted from hydrothermal plumes in the eastern Manus Basin hydrothermal field, Papua New Guinea, was detected and sampled by CTD-transmissometer surveys during marine expeditions in 1991 and 1993...
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Actively forming polymetallic sulfide deposits associated with felsic volcanic rocks in the eastern Manus back-arc basin, Papua New Guinea

R. A. Binns, Steven D. Scott
Journal: Economic Geology
Published: 01 December 1993
Economic Geology (1993) 88 (8): 2226–2236.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.88.8.2226
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Rifting History of the Woodlark Basin in the Southwest Pacific

B. P. LUYENDYK, K. C. MacDONALD, W. B. BRYAN
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Published: 01 April 1973
GSA Bulletin (1973) 84 (4): 1125–1134.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1973)84<1125:RHOTWB>2.0.CO;2
...-slip) boundary in eastern Papua (New Guinea). A vector triangle solution near the Solomons Trench-Woodlark Rift triple point gives underthrusting of the Solomons Plate beneath the northern Solomon Trench in a northeasterly direction at about 11 cm per yr. The Woodlark Basin began opening...
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Rapid time scale of Earth’s youngest known ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic event, Papua New Guinea

Joel W. DesOrmeau, Stacia M. Gordon, Timothy A. Little, Samuel A. Bowring, Nilanjan Chatterjee
Journal: Geology
Published: 29 June 2017
Geology (2017) 45 (9): 795–798.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G39296.1
... thermometry of the youngest known UHP eclogite from eastern Papua New Guinea (PNG) documents metamorphism at mantle depths on a sub-million year time scale. The P - T analyses based on garnet, omphacite, phengite, and rutile compositions show the crustal rocks were subducted to conditions of ∼27–31 kbar...
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Late Miocene coesite-eclogite exhumed in the Woodlark Rift

Suzanne L. Baldwin, Laura E. Webb, Brian D. Monteleone
Journal: Geology
Published: 01 September 2008
Geology (2008) 36 (9): 735–738.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G25144A.1
...Figure 1. Tectonic and geologic map of eastern Papua New Guinea ( Baldwin et al., 2004 ). Asterisk indicates coesite-eclogite locality (9°29′0″S, 150°27′40″E). Red arrows indicate present-day plate motion vectors ( Wallace et al., 2004 ). White dashed line indicates Bruhnes chron. Inset shows...
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Reconnaissance Geology of Cape Vogel Basin, Papua New Guinea

Robert S. Bickel
Journal: AAPG Bulletin
Published: 01 December 1974
AAPG Bulletin (1974) 58 (12): 2477–2489.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/83D91BD2-16C7-11D7-8645000102C1865D
...Robert S. Bickel ABSTRACT The Cape Vogel basin extends for 400 km along the northeast side of eastern Papua New Guinea where it is 80 percent overlain by water, with most of the remaining part covered by alluvium and recent volcanic deposits. Aeromagnetic data indicate three subbasinal areas within...
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—Chronology chart showing relation of tectonic and stratigraphic events in geologic history of eastern Papua New Guinea.

—Chronology chart showing relation of tectonic and stratigraphic events in ...

Published: 01 December 1974
Fig. 2. —Chronology chart showing relation of tectonic and stratigraphic events in geologic history of eastern Papua New Guinea.
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Reduced version of the 1:1,000,000-scale geological map of eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands at the formation level. The corresponding legend with formation abbreviations is included in Table 1. The complete map sheet with marginal notes is provided at the original scale in the online Supplementary Material 1 (M1).

Reduced version of the 1:1,000,000-scale geological map of eastern Papua Ne...

Published: 15 November 2024
Figure 5 Reduced version of the 1:1,000,000-scale geological map of eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands at the formation level. The corresponding legend with formation abbreviations is included in Table 1 . The complete map sheet with marginal notes is provided at the original scale