The Banda–Celebes–Sulu basin: a trapped piece of Cretaceous–Eocene oceanic crust?

Lee, Chao-Shing; McCabe, Robert

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“…The islands of Buton, Sula, Banggai, Obi and Bacan, and the submerged Banda ridges are all of such microcontinental origin (Hamilton, 1979(Hamilton, , 1986Silver and Smith, 1983;Silver et al, 1985;Pigram et al, 1985;Lee and McCabe, 1986;Katili, 1989;Hartono, 1990;Daly et al, 1991;Smith and Silver, 1991). Concerning Maluku, only Halmahera-Morotai is, at least partly, of island arc origin; the Halmahera arc evolved far to the east of its present position along a fracture in the Pacific plate to which possibly also eastern Mindanao, Waigeo island, and the Mariana, Yap, and Palau arcs are connected (Hall and Nichols, 1990;Honza, 1991).…”

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Historical biogeography of the cicadas of Wallacea, New Guinea and the West Pacific: a geotectonic explanation

Boer

Duffels

1996

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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The present-day distribution patterns of the cicadas of Wallacea, New Guinea, and the West Pacific reflect the extremely complex geotectonic history of that area. The patterns found in two unrelated monophyletic groups of cicadas (Insecta, Homoptera, Cicadoidea), the subtribe Cosmopsaltriaria and the tribe Chlorocystini with its sister tribe Prasiini, are analysed and related to data from the geological literature. The two groups have a comparable distributional range over Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the East-Melanesian archipelagos, to Tonga and Samoa. The occurrence of endemic species, species groups, and genera in congruently delimited parts of this range made us recognize 14 areas of endemism. The areas of endemism coincide with geological entities, which have been isolated during a considerable period of time. Most of the areas originated from oceanic island arcs, which developed as a result of subduction along the southern and western edges of the Pacific tectonic plate, others are rifted microcontinents. Concentrations of species and especially endemic species of the various cicada genera in different areas of endemism suggest that each of these genera evolved in isolation on one of the afore mentioned geological entities. These entities can therefore be regarded as source areas for the genera. The island arc fragmented as a result of collisions first with the Asian-and later with the Australian tectonic plate and several of its parts reamalgamated at the northern craton of the Australian plate, where they now form the greater part of the island of New Guinea. After reamalgamation of the arc fragments the cicadas of the respective genera that had evolved on these fragments could disperse into adjoining areas, but since cicadas are poor dispersers the source areas of the genera can still be recognized in present-day distribution patterns. The generic relationships in the two groups of cicadas under study indicate area relationships that comply with the latest palaeogeographic reconstructions. The main vicariant speciation events in the cicada cladograms correspond with the presumed sequences of fragmentation of the island arc. Cicada phylogeny and distribution combined reflect the historic area relationships rather than the present ones.

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Section: Geological Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Historical biogeography of the cicadas of Wallacea, New Guinea and the West Pacific: a geotectonic explanation

Boer

Duffels

1996

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…by Weissel (1980) and 65-72 m.y. by Lee and McCabe (1986). Both interpretations are based on magnetic anomalies.…”

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“…It was proposed that the Sulu Sea formed by entrapment of a piece of a larger ocean basin (Lee and McCabe, 1986) or by back-arc spreading (Mitchell et al, 1986;Holloway, 1981;Hamilton, 1979). The age of the Sulu Basin is also controversial; Lee and McCabe (1986) interpreted magnetic anomalies in the southeast Sulu Basins as seafloor spreading anomalies and assigned the basin an age of 41-45 m.y., but Mitchell et al (1986) thought the southeast Sulu Basin opened by back-arc spreading in the early Oligocene (30-37 m.y.).…”

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“…The age of the Sulu Basin is also controversial; Lee and McCabe (1986) interpreted magnetic anomalies in the southeast Sulu Basins as seafloor spreading anomalies and assigned the basin an age of 41-45 m.y., but Mitchell et al (1986) thought the southeast Sulu Basin opened by back-arc spreading in the early Oligocene (30-37 m.y.). Leg 124 was designed to resolve these problems, and one of its major scientific objectives was to determine the ages and stratigraphic histories of the Celebes and Sulu seas.…”

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“…Murauchi et al (1973) suggested that the Celebes Sea has an oceanic crust. Lee and McCabe (1986) proposed that the Celebes Basin is a trapped piece of an originally continuous ocean basin that also includes the Banda Sea and the Sulu Sea. The age of the Celebes Sea was interpreted as 42-47 m.y.…”

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Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of the Celebes and Sulu Seas

Shyu¹,

Müller²

1991

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program

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Five sites were drilled in the Celebes Sea and Sulu Sea During ODP Leg 124. Sites 767 and 771 in the Celebes Sea are below the regional carbonate compensation depth (CCD) and all calcareous nannofossils recovered in post-Oligocene sediments were recovered from turbidites. From the late middle Eocene to the late Oligocene, Site 771 was above the CCD and accumulated pelagic nannofossil clay. The highest occurrence of Chiasmolithus grandis is just above basement and indicates a late middle Eocene age for the Celebes Basin. In the southeast Sulu Basin, calcareous nannofossils are preserved only in post early middle Miocene sediments and are not useful for estimating the age of the basin. A late Pliocene change in calcareous nannofossil preservation and lithology at Sites 768 and 769 indicate deepening of the CCD. This corresponds to the progressive isolation of the southeast Sulu Basin, which is a consequence of global lowering of sea level and local tectonic adjustment of sill depth. The calcareous nannofossils at all five sites provide a good biostratigraphic framework for the sedimentary histories of the two basins even though some of the fossils were deposited by turbidity currents below the regional CCD, or have been mixed with redeposited specimens. The biostratigraphy record of Sites 767, 768, and 769 show that the lowest occurrence of Gephyrocapsa oceanica s.l. is consistently the nearest datum to the top of the Olduvai paleomagnetic event and, therefore, is the most suitable biohorizon for approximating the Pliocene/Pleistocene Boundary in the Celebes and Sulu Seas.

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Relict Back-Arc Basins: Principles of Recognition and Possible New Examples from China

Hsü¹

1988

Frontiers in Sedimentary Geology

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The Banda–Celebes–Sulu basin: a trapped piece of Cretaceous–Eocene oceanic crust?

Cited by 96 publications

References 15 publications

Historical biogeography of the cicadas of Wallacea, New Guinea and the West Pacific: a geotectonic explanation

Historical biogeography of the cicadas of Wallacea, New Guinea and the West Pacific: a geotectonic explanation

Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of the Celebes and Sulu Seas

Relict Back-Arc Basins: Principles of Recognition and Possible New Examples from China

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