Neogene development of the onland part of the forearc in northern Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand: A synthesis

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-135

  Neef, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal shortening; Forearc basins; Geological history; Hydrocarbon prospectivity; Neogene; Northern Wairarapa; Oblique subduction; Positive half flower structures; Sedimentation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; NEOGENE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIRARAPA;

EID: 0033105475     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1999.9514835     Document Type: Article

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