Transcurrent movements in the Burma–Andaman Sea region

Research Article| October 01, 1987 Transcurrent movements in the Burma–Andaman Sea region Hla Maung Hla Maung 1Myamna Oil Corporation, P.O. Box 1049, Rangoon, Burma Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Hla Maung 1Myamna Oil Corporation, P.O. Box 1049, Rangoon, Burma Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1987) 15 (10): 911–912. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<911:TMITBS>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Hla Maung; Transcurrent movements in the Burma–Andaman Sea region. Geology 1987;; 15 (10): 911–912. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1987)15<911:TMITBS>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The drag produced by the northward movement of the Indian plate has caused the Indoburman Ranges, an accretionary prism, to decouple from the Burma plate along the Kabaw fault, and the Burma plate itself has decoupled from the Eastern Highlands of Burma along the Sagaing fault. The Indoburman Ranges have probably been dragged north slightly ahead of the Burma plate, although at times the two plates may have locked together to move as one unit. It is suggested that the double arc formed by the Indoburman Ranges and the Andaman-Nicobar-Sumatra islands was formerly one large single arc. Northward translation of this larger single arcuate structure has caused the tail end of the arc, i.e., the Andaman-Nicobar-Sumatra section, to rotate into the Burma plate, causing a bending of the arc to form the present double arc and compression within the Burma plate to form the Pegu Yoma folding. Northward movement of the Burma plate has also resulted in offset by over 400 km of the Irrawaddy River from its former connection through the channel of what is now the Chindwin River. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.