Strain partitioning in the transition area between oblique subduction and continental collision, Hikurangi margin, New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 534-557

  Barnes, Philip M ^a   De Lépinay, Bernard Mercier ^b   Collot, Jean Yves ^c,d   Delteil, Jean ^b   Audru, Jean Christophe ^b,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c Inst Francais Rech Sci Devmt C   (France)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e Ecl et Observ de Physique du Globe   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031794382     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC00974     Document Type: Article

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