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Geology and jungle fieldwork in eastern Indonesia
Author(s) -
BAKER SIMON,
HALL ROBERT,
FORDE EMILY
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1994.tb00853.x
Subject(s) - jungle , geology , tectonics , archaeology , earth science , paleontology , oceanography , mining engineering , seismology , geography
Collecting geological information from the jungles and islands of eastern Indonesia depends largely on traditional fieldwork methods involving much footwork and messing about in boats. Coupled with modern laboratory and computing techniques, information gained on the ground is being used to interpret the tectonic development of east Indonesia, the Philippine Sea and the western Pacific.