Sumatra, Sunda Shelf, Natuna - Bibliography of Indonesia Geology

McCarthy, A.J. (1997)- The evolution of the transcurrent Sumatran fault system, Indonesia. Ph.D. Thesis,
University London, 387 p.
McCarthy, A.J. & C.F. Elders (1997)- Cenozoic deformation in Sumatra: oblique subduction and the
development of the Sumatran fault system. In: A.J. Fraser & S.J. Matthews (eds.) Petroleum Geology of SE
Asia. Geol. Soc., London, Spec. Publ. 126, p. 355-363.
(Sumatra pre-Tertiary history of accretion was followed byPalaeogene basin formation. Strong mid-Miocene
inversion event recorded in onshore part of forearc basin in S Sumatra, same time as inception of seafloor
spreading in Andaman Sea and probable inception of major strike-slip movement along the SFS, possibly
following clockwise rotation of Sumatra towards it present NW-SE trend. SFS complex deformation history
including polyphase reactivation of fault surfaces and contemporaneous strike-slip and orthogonal compression
or extension. New estimate of ~150 km offset of Mesozoic units across SFS in C Sumatra proposed. Several
basins formed along SFS in Quaternary)
McCarthy, A.J., B. Jasin & N.S. Haile (2001)- Middle Jurassic radiolarian chert, Indarung, Padang District, and
its implications for the tectonic evolution of western Sumatra, Indonesia. J Asian Earth Sci. 19, 1-2, p. 31-44.
(Radiolaria chert in Indarung Area, E of Padang, Aalenian (lower M Jurassic) age. Carbonate in area dated as
U Jurassic- E Cretaceous based occurrence of Lovcenipora (more likely Late Triassic?; HvG), and overlying
tuff K/Ar age of ~105 Ma/ Albian, but suspect. Chert probably faulted into younger limestone during ENEdirected
compression. This is one of best dated occurrences of allochthonous material in Sumatra and confirms
accretion of oceanic material along Sunda margin in M- Late Cretaceous)
McCloskey, J., D. Lange, F. Tilmann, S.S. Nalbant, A.F. Bell, D.H. Natawidjaja & A. Rietbrock (2010)- The
September 2009 Padang earthquake. Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo753, p.
McCourt, W.J. & E.J. Cobbing (1993)- The geochemistry, geochronology and tectonic setting of granitoid rocks
from southern Sumatra, western Indonesia. S. Sumatra Geol. Mineral Exploration Project Report Ser. 9, Geol.
Res. Dev. Centre, Bandung, p.
McCourt, W.J., M.J. Crow, E.J. Cobbing & T.C. Amin (1996)- Mesozoic and Cenozoic plutonic evolution of
SE Asia: evidence from Sumatra, Indonesia. In: R. Hall & D. Blundell (eds.) Tectonic evolution of Southeast
Asia, Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ. 106, p. 321-335.
(Barisan Mts of S Sumatra four periods of plutonic activity: Miocene-Pliocene (20-5 Ma), E Eocene (60-50
Ma), Mid-Late Cretaceous (117-80 Ma) and Jurassic-E Cretaceous (203-130 Ma). Also plutonic activity in
Permian (287-256 Ma) and suggestions of magmatism in Late Triassic- E Jurassic (220-190 Ma) and M
Jurassic-E Cretaceous (170-130 Ma). Ages from E Sumatra indicate Triassic- E Jurassic (240-195 Ma) tin-belt
magmatism of Peninsular Malaysia Main Range extends into area. Plutonic suites in NW-SE trending belts.
Breaks in plutonic activity correspond to changes in approach angle and/or rate of subduction, and in some
instances relate to periods of collision and accretion of allochthonous material. At least two such events: early
M Cretaceous collision and accretion of oceanic Woyla terranes, and latest Cretaceous possible collision of
continental sliver/block, the W Sumatra terrane to Sundaland margin)
Meckel, L., M. Gidding, M. Banukarso, D. Sim, A. Setoputri, A. Abimanyu, M. Sompie, N. Citajaya & M.
Gunarto (2012)- Hydrocarbon systems of the offshore North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia. Proc. 36th Ann. Conv.
Indon. Petrol. Assoc., IPA12-G-012, p. 1-11.
(Offshore North Sumatra Basin considered under-explored, with 130 offshore exploration wells drilled through
2011. At least 5 plays, syn-rift Oligocene clastics (Parapat Fmn), Oligocene-Miocene carbonate build-ups
(Tampur and Peutu Fms), and Miocene-Pliocene turbidites (Bampo, Baong, Keutapang, and Seurula Fms))
Mertani, B. et al. (1996)- Petroleum geology of the Central Sumatra basins. In: Pertamina BPPKA Petroleum
geology of Indonesia, II, p. 157-192.
Mertosono, S. (1975)- Geology of Pungut and Tandun oil fields, Central Sumatra Basin. Proc. 5 th Ann. Conv.
Indon. Petrol. Assoc., p. 156-179.
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