Stratigraphy, structural evolution, and tectonics of the northern part of the Tawhero Basin and adjacent areas, northern Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-358

  Neef, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Forearc basin; Forearc ridge; Oblique subduction; Stratigraphy; Structure; Tawhero Basin; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013598567     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514766     Document Type: Article

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