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The Geology of Indonesia/Sulawesi: 8.1. Western Sulawesi Volcanic Arc
The Geology of Indonesia/Sulawesi: 8.1. Western Sulawesi Volcanic Arc
Contributor: Surono
Geologically, Sulawesi Island and its surrounding area is a complex region. The complexity was
caused by convergence between three lithospheric plates: the northward-moving Australian
plate, the westward-moving Pacific plate, and the south-southeast-moving Eurasia plate.
Regional structures, which affects the island of Sulawesi and the surrounding area, are shown in
Figure 8.1. The Makassar Strait, which separates the Sunda Platform (part of the Eurasia Plate)
from the South Arm and Central Sulawesi, formed by sea-floor spreading originating in the
Miocene (Hamilton, 1979, 1989; Katili, 1978, 1989). North of the island is the North Sulawesi
Trench formed by the subduction of oceanic crust from the Sulawesi Sea. To the southeast
convergence has occurred between the Southeast Arm and the northern part of the Banda Sea
along the Tolo Thrust (Silver et al., 1983a, b). Both major structures (the North Sulawesi Trench
and Tolo Thrust) are linked by the Palu-Koro-Matano Fault system. Based on lithologic
association and tectonic development, Sulawesi and its surrounding islands are divided into 3
geological provinces (Fig. 8.2): (1) the Western Sulawesi Volcanic Arc; (2) the Eastern Sulawesi
Ophiolite Belt and its associated pelagic sedimentary covers; and (3) continental fragments
derived from the Australian continent (Hamilton, 1978, 1979; Sukamto and Simandjuntak, 1983;
Metcalfe, 1988, 1990; Audley-Charles and Harris, 1990; Audley-Charles, 1991; Davidson, 1991).
The contacts between those provinces are faults.
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