Overview of the Median Batholith, New Zealand: A new interpretation of the geology of the Median Tectonic Zone and adjacent rocks

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 257-268

  Mortimer, N ^a   Tulloch, A J ^a   Spark, R N ^a   Walker, N W ^a   Ladley, E ^b   Allibone, A ^c   Kimbrough, D L ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SRK Consulting   (Australia)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; MAGMATISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033169155     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00095-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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