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Special Issue: Application of GPS and other space geodetic techniques to Earth Sciences (1)

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Present-day crustal motion in Papua New Guinea

Earth, Planets and Space volume 52, pages 727–730 (2000)Cite this article

Abstract

Papua New Guinea is one of the most active tectonic regions in the world. It comprises several microplates and deforming zones trapped in the collision of the Australian and Pacific Plates. GPS observations have been used to estimate plate velocities across a network of sites spanning most of the country. We present new velocites in the northwestern region of New Guinea, and look in detail at the strain accumulation region between the South Bismarck and Pacific Plates in the New Ireland/New Britain region.

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  1. Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    Paul Tregoning, Herb McQueen & Kurt Lambeck

  2. Department of Surveying and Land Studies, Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea

    Russell Jackson & Rod Little

  3. Rabaul Volcano Observatory, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

    Steve Saunders

  4. National Mapping Bureau, Papua New Guinea

    Robert Rosa

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Tregoning, P., McQueen, H., Lambeck, K. et al. Present-day crustal motion in Papua New Guinea. Earth Planet Sp 52, 727–730 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03352272

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