1. FACIES OF AN EARLY MIOCENE VOLCANIC ARC, MALEKULA ISLAND, NEW HEBRIDES.
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Mitchell, A. H. G.
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FACIES , *SEDIMENTARY rocks , *MUDSTONE , *MIOCENE stratigraphic geology , *MIOCENE paleoecology , *SEDIMENTOLOGY , *PALEOGEOGRAPHY , *STRATIGRAPHIC geology - Abstract
Focuses on the pre-Miocene pelagic red mudstones on Malekula Island, which are in tectonic contact with a thick marine succession of Early Miocene age. Intrusion of basaltic and andesitic dykes and sills with a calc-alkaline composition and by plutons; Number of sedimentary facies recognized, all of which accumulated below the zone of strong wave and current action; Analysis of the facies; Analysis of the Lower Miocene paleogeography of the region; Composition of the Middle Miocene succession; Speculation about the presence of some ancient volcanic arcs.
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- 1970
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