scholarly journals Geochemical study on hot-spring water in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
M. M. Lahan ◽  
R. T. Verave ◽  
P. Y. Irarue
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Hot Spring ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Geochemical Analysis ◽  
Geothermal Systems ◽  
Geochemical Study ◽  
Geothermal Activity ◽  
Active Tectonic ◽  
New Britain

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> West New Britain Province, which occupies the western part of New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea, is ideally located within an active tectonic region that influences volcanism creating an environment favourable for geothermal activity. Geothermal mapping of surface manifestations reveals high temperature geothermal prospects along the northern coastline of West New Britain Province that are further confirmed by geochemical analysis. The occurrence of geothermal features is confined to the Quaternary Kimbe Volcanics and alluvium in the lowland areas. The features in Talasea appear to be controlled by deep-seated northerly trending faults while structures in Hoskins also appear to be deep seated but have not been identified. The geothermal systems in West New Britain Province have not been drilled, but preliminary reconnaissance geothermal mapping and geochemical analysis reveals four high temperature geothermal prospects suitable for further investigation and development of geothermal energy. These are the Pangalu (Rabili) and Talasea Station geothermal prospects in Talasea and Kasiloli (Magouru) and Silanga (Bakama and Sakalu) geothermal prospects in Hoskins. The calculated reservoir temperatures for these fields are in the range of 245–310 °C. Recommendations are made for further follow-up exploratory investigations.</p>

Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, Bismark Sea Coast

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (sp1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Finkl ◽  
Christopher Makowski
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
New Britain ◽  
Sea Coast

Application of PIXE-PIGME to Archaeological Analysis of Changing Patterns of Obsidian Use in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

1998 ◽  
pp. 129-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Summerhayes ◽  
J. R. Bird ◽  
R. Fullagar ◽  
C. Gosden ◽  
J. Specht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Archaeological Analysis ◽  
New Britain

Radiocarbon Dates from West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

1981 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Specht ◽  
Ian Lilley ◽  
John Normu
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
New Britain

35,000-year-old sites in the rainforests of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Antiquity ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (260) ◽  
pp. 604-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Pavlides ◽  
Chris Gosden
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
Open Site ◽  
Early Settlement ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
New Britain

The growing story of early settlement in the northwest Pacific islands is moving from coastal sites into the rainforest. Evidence of Pleistocene cultural layers have been discovered in open-site excavations at Yombon, an area containing shifting hamlets, in West New Britain's interior tropical rainforest. These sites, the oldest in New Britain, may presently stand as the oldest open sites discovered in rainforest anywhere in the world.

scholarly journals Enacting the Absent State: State-formation on the oil-palm frontier of Pomio (Papua New Guinea)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuomas Tammisto
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
State Formation ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The State ◽  
Rural District ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Active Worker ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
New Britain

Tammisto, Tuomas 2016. Enacting the Absent State: State-formation on the oil-palm frontier of Pomio (Papua New Guinea). Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde 62: 51-68. In this article I examine the relationship between new oil-palm plantations and state-formation in Pomio, a remote rural district of East New Britain Province (Papua New Guinea). I am particularly interested in the kinds of spaces of governance produced by the new oil-palm plantations and how this contributes to state formation and territorialisation in Pomio.Plantations in Pomio do not became state-like spaces as a result of top-down processes alone, but also because of active worker initiatives. By contributing to state formation in this way, the inhabitants of Pomio also make claims on what the state should be like. While plantations become governable and statelike spaces, they do not produce simply governable subjects, nor do they produce a uniformly governable territory but an uneven space in which some places are more governable than others. The inhabitants of Pomio move between these places in their pursuit of different goals.

Awareness of personal height and weight among community-dwelling people in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Saito ◽  
Angelberth Bai ◽  
Nobuko Matsui ◽  
Kazuhiro P Izawa
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Measurement Scales ◽  
Specific Population ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Average Body Mass ◽  
New Britain ◽  
Average Body

We investigated the accessibility of height- and weight-measurement tools and the awareness of one's own height and weight in a specific population in West New Britain Province (WNBP), Papua New Guinea, where obesity is prevalent. Of 558 participants (mean age 34.8 ± 14.0 years, 48.2% women, average body mass index =25.1 ± 4.83 kg/m2), >70% had limited access to measurement scales and 97.5% lacked accurate knowledge of their own height and weight. Our findings imply that increased access to measurement tools and awareness of personal height and weight is necessary to improve the feasibility and effectiveness of weight-management interventions in areas such as WNBP.

A remarkable pulse of large-scale volcanism on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea

2010 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris O. McKee ◽  
Vincent E. Neall ◽  
Robin Torrence
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
New Britain
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