“…Since the Early Cretaceous, the dominant tectonic control has been thermal subsidence (Veevers et al ., ; Baillie et al ., ; Driscoll & Karner, ; Cathro & Karner, ). Several studies have suggested an interruption of such subsidence because of collision between the Banda Arc and Australia, which began in the late Miocene (Veevers et al ., ; Baillie et al ., ; Lee & Lawver, ; Driscoll & Karner, ; Hull & Griffiths, ; Pryer et al ., ; Cathro & Karner, ). However, the impact of this collision on the NCB has been limited to localized uplift (only up to 75 m) at the northwest end of the Rosemary–Legendre structural trend during the Miocene, inferred from seismic stratigraphy integrated with kinematic and flexural modelling in the adjacent Dampier sub‐basin (Figs a and ; Cathro & Karner, ).…”