Fracture zone subduction and reactivation across the Puysegur ridge/trench system, southern New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7293-7313

  Lebrun, Jean Frédéric ^a,d   Karner, Garry D ^b   Collot, Jean Yves ^c,d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; KINEMATIC MODEL; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUSTING; TOPOGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC;

EID: 0032502527     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00025     Document Type: Article

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