Geology of a Miocene collision complex, Buton, eastern Indonesia

Rigid and non-rigid micro-plates: Philippines and Myanmar-Andaman case studies

“…These rifting/spreading processes were likely induced by subduction rollback along the North Sulawesi-Sangihe volcanic arc (Rangin et al, 1990). This arc collided with the Australia continental margin (''Buton block'', Smith and Silver, 1983) during the Early-Middle Miocene. Southward, the Sangihe volcanic arc is presently colliding with the Hamahera arc, in the Molucca Sea .…”

Stratigraphy and tectonic setting of the Cretaceous and Paleogene volcanic-sedimentary successions in northwest Sulawesi, Indonesia: implications for the Cenozoic evolution of Western and Northern Sulawesi

“…Continental fragments of Australian derivation (ButonTukang and Besi-Banggai-Sula), which collided with eastern Sulawesi during the early Miocene and Pliocene, respectively (Fortuin et al, 1990;Davidson, 1991;Smith and Silver, 1991;Davies, 1990;Hall, 1996Hall, , 2002.…”

The Caribbean: an oroclinal basin?

“…Charlton 1986;Daly et al 1991;Hall 2002) therefore show an embayment of the Indian Ocean lying between westernmost New Guinea and the mainland of northwestern Australia in the Early Cenozoic. It is also commonly accepted that there was collision in the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene between the margin of Southeast Asia and forerunners of the Australian continent (Smith & Silver 1991).…”