Subduction zone retreat and recent tectonics of the South Island of New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-284

  Waschbusch, Paula ^a   Batt, Geoff ^b,c   Beaumont, Christopher ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; NEOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0031866479     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98TC00058     Document Type: Article

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