Anatomy of a continent-backarc transform - The Vening Meinesz Fracture Zone northwest of New Zealand

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 401-427

  Herzer, Richard H ^a   Mascle, Jean ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Laboratoire de Géodynamique Sous Marine   (France)

Author keywords

Backarc; Continental margin; Fracture zone; New Zealand; Norfolk basin; Reinga ridge; Spreading; Strike slip; Tectonics; Transform fault; Vening meinesz

Indexed keywords

CONTINENT-BACKARC TRANSFORM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRACTURE ZONE; MIOCENE; OBDUCTION; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSFORM FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC, VENING MEINESZ FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0029808845     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286087     Document Type: Article

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