From oblique subduction to intra-continental transpression: Structures of the southern Kermadec-Hikurangi margin from multibeam bathymetry, side-scan sonar and seismic reflection

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 357-381

  Collot, Jean Yves ^a,d   Delteil, Jean ^b   Lewis, Keith B ^c   Davy, Bryan ^d   Lamarche, Geoffroy ^a,d   Audru, Jean Christophe ^b   Barnes, Phil ^c   Chanier, Franck ^e   Chaumillon, Eric ^f   Lallemand, Serge ^g   De Lepinay, Bernard Mercier ^b   Orpin, Alan ^h   Pelletier, Bernard ⁱ   Sosson, Marc ^b   Toussaint, Bertrand ^a   Uruski, Chris ^d  

^a ORSTOM   (France)

^b Institut de Géodynamique   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f Laboratoire de Géodynamique Sous Marine   (France)

^g UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Multibeam bathymetry; Oblique subduction; Seamount collision; Strike slip faults; Tectonic accretion; Tectonic erosion; Transpressive deformation

Indexed keywords

FAULTS; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SIDESCAN SONAR; STRIKE SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSION;

PACIFIC, KERMADEC-HIKURANGI MARGIN;

EID: 0030513013     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286085     Document Type: Article

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