Tectonostratigraphy and Structures of Eastern Seram

  • Bachri S
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AbstrAct The eastern Seram is part of the Outer Banda Arc consisting of para-autochthonous and allochthonous units which are unconformably overlain by the autochthonous units. The para-autochthonous units are derived from the outer margin of the Australian NW Shelf. This sequence comprises Permian metamorphic rocks of the Kobipoto Complex and its cover of Triassic -Jurassic to Cretaceous -Tertiary age. The allochthonous unit, or the pre-collisional Banda fore-arc sequence was overthrusted onto the NW Shelf sequence. The sediments overlying unconformably the allochthonous and para-autochthonous units are referred to as autochthonous units. These autochthonous units comprise sediments deposited post-Neogen collisional event between the Australian Continent and the Banda subduction zone. Structures develop in the eastern Seram are thrust, normal faults, folds, and cleavages. The thrusts are verging to the northeast suggesting that the deformation occurred before Seram was rotated in an E-W direction. Sari Seram bagian timur adalah bagian Busur Banda Luar yang tersusun oleh satuan-satuan paraotokton dan alokton yang ditindih tidak selaras oleh satuan otokton. Satuan-satuan paraotokton berasal dari tepian luar paparan barat laut Benua Australia. Runtunan ini terdiri atas batuan malihan Kompleks Kobipoto yang berumur Perem beserta batuan penutupnya yang berumur Trias -Jura hingga Kapur -Tersier. Satuan alokton, atau runtunan Busur Banda Luar pra-tumbukan Neogen, terdiri atas batuan ultrabasa yang tersesar-sungkupkan di atas runtunan Paparan Australia Barat Laut. Batuan sedimen yang menindih tidak selaras di atas satuan paraotokton dan alokton disebut sebagai satuan otokton. Satuan otokton ini terdiri atas sedimen yang terbentuk setelah tumbukan Neogen antara Benua Australia dan zona tunjaman Banda. Struktur yang terbentuk di Seram bagian timur adalah sesar naik, sesar normal, lipatan, dan belahan bidang sumbu. Sesar naik memiliki kecondongan struktur ke timur laut yang mengindikasikan deformasi terjadi sebelum Seram terputar ke arah barat-timur. Kata kunci: paraotokton, alokton, otokton, Busur Banda Luar, paparan barat laut Australia

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Bachri, S. (2011). Tectonostratigraphy and Structures of Eastern Seram. Indonesian Journal on Geoscience, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.17014/ijog.v6i2.118

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