The role of faulting in rock uplift in the southern alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 497-504

  Tippett, J Mark ^a   Kamp, Peter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Deformation; Faulting; Fission track analysis; Rock uplift; Southern alps

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; PACIFIC PLATE; UPLIFT;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0027833564     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1993.9514595     Document Type: Article

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