Morphology and history of the Kermadec trench-arc-backarc basin-remnant arc system at 30 to 32°S: Geophysical profile, microfossil and K-Ar data

Marine Geology

Volumn 159, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 35-62

  Ballance, Peter F ^a   Ablaev, Albert G ^b   Pushchin, Igor K ^b   Pletnev, Sergei P ^b   Birylina, Maria G ^b   Itaya, Tetsumaru ^c   Follas, Harry A ^a   Gibson, Graham W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colville Ridge; Havre Trough; Lower Miocene; Pacific plate; Subduction; Tonga history

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032773542     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00206-0     Document Type: Article

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