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Peridotite-gabbro-basalt complex in Eastern Papua an overthrust plate of oceanic mantle and crust

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Updated 17/10/2025

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This Bulletin presents preliminary results of an investigation of the Papuan Ultramafic Belt, a peridotite-gabbro-basalt complex which is thought to be part of a plate of Cretaceous oceanic mantle and crust. A summary of results up to 1967, which includes a brief review of previous work, has already been published (Davies, 1968). R. N. England is currently making a detailed mineralogical study of the peridotites and gabbros.The Papuan Ultramafic Belt is a peridotite-gabbro-basalt complex which crops out over a length of 400 km (NW-SE) and a width of 40 km, on the northeastern side of the Owen Stanley Range in eastern Papua (7°-10°S, 147°-149°E).

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Title Peridotite-gabbro-basalt complex in Eastern Papua an overthrust plate of oceanic mantle and crust
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d2ba4146-ceb2-40e9-a0a5-a849f0c60f34
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Peridotite-gabbro-basalt complex in Eastern Papua an overthrust plate of oceanic mantle and crust". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/peridotite-gabbro-basalt-complex-in-eastern-papua-an-overthrust-plate-of-oceanic-mantle-and-cru