Rangin C, Dahrin D., Quebral R., Bader A.G., Cadet J.P., Caglarcan G., Deffontaines B., Deplus C., Corpus E.G., Hall R., Hello Yann, Malod J., Lallemand S., Layugan D.B., Louat Rémy, Morales R., Pankow K., Pubellier M., Popoff M., Rodelas R.T., Yudho T. (1996). Collision and strike-slip faulting in the Northern Molucca sea (Philippines and Indonesia) : preliminary results of a morphotectonic study. In :
Hall R. (ed.), Blundell D. (ed.). Tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia. Oxford : Blackwell, p. 29-46. (Geological Society Special Publication ; 106).
Titre du document
Collision and strike-slip faulting in the Northern Molucca sea (Philippines and Indonesia) : preliminary results of a morphotectonic study
Année de publication
1996
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Rangin C, Dahrin D., Quebral R., Bader A.G., Cadet J.P., Caglarcan G., Deffontaines B., Deplus C., Corpus E.G., Hall R., Hello Yann, Malod J., Lallemand S., Layugan D.B., Louat Rémy, Morales R., Pankow K., Pubellier M., Popoff M., Rodelas R.T., Yudho T.
In
Hall R. (ed.), Blundell D. (ed.), Tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia
Source
Oxford : Blackwell, 1996,
p. 29-46 (Geological Society Special Publication ; 106).
A swath mapping, gravity and single channel seismic survey was carried out in the northern Molucca Sea with R.V. L'Atalante. Preliminary interpretation of these data reveals the presence of an almost complete Sangihe arc and forearc. The Miangas-Pujada-Talaud ridge in the central part of the Molucca Sea appears to be a backstop within the Sangihe forearc. East of the ridge very contrasting terranes are separated by a major NW-SE crustal discontinuity interpreted as a left-lateral strike-slip fault. North of 6°N the Philipine Trench inner wall is dissected by NW-SE trending left-lateral strike-slip faults, resulting from the dominantly oblique convergence between colliding arcs. South of 6°N the westward subduction of the buoyant Snellius volcanic plateau, a fragment of the Halmahera arc terrane, has induced the formation of a new plate boundary, the Philippine Trench along what is interpreted as a former strike-slip fault zone. East of the Miangas-Pujada-Talaud ridge there is a wide sedimentary wedge separated from the Snellius Ridge to the south by the major NW-SE crustal discontinuity. The thickness of this wedge cannot be explained by subduction along the very young Philippine Trench. It could be either an accretionary wedge developed at the deformed leading edge of the Sangihe forearc or be part of a former intra-arc basin which was part of the colliding Halmahera arc terrane. There is no clear evidence for accreted oceanic crust belonging to the recently subducted Molucca Sea. The Miangas-Pujada-Talaud ridge is part of the Sangihe forearc, and the ophiolites could represent its basement, uplifted along the outer arc ridge. The dog-leg-shaped Philippine Trench is propagating southward across the fragmented Halmahera arc terrane and its southern segment could reactivate a former strike-slip fault zone. (Résumé d'auteur)
Plan de classement
Tectonique [064TECTO]
Descripteurs
TECTONIQUE DE PLAQUES ; SUBDUCTION ; GEODYNAMIQUE ; GEOLOGIE STRUCTURALE
Description Géographique
PHILIPPINES ; INDONESIE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010009476]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010009476
