The Unique Tectonic Setting of

Sulawesi, Indonesia

Conclusion

In conclusion, Sulawesi has a very unique, and also very complicated tectonic history. The variations in petrologic assemblages on the western and eastern sides would tend to support the double island arc theory. There is also good evidence to suport the collison between Sulawesi and Kalimantan, such as rock types from one land mass being found on the other, and pysical similarities such as lineaments on either side of a fault that match. This is a very interesting place, but a bit to complicated for my taste.

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