Fig. 17. Geological section across the Puri anticline, a long structure located in the leading edge of the Papua New
Guinea FAT belt, showing out-of-sequence thrusting cutting across the steep forelimb of the fold and involving Eocene
to Miocene rocks (modified from Medd 1996).
PURI 1, 1A, 1B
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