Crustal structure and neotectonics of the Puysegur oblique subduction zone, New Zealand

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-362

  Melhuish, Anne ^a   Sutherland, Rupert ^a   Davey, F J ^a   Lamarche, G ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fiordland; Neotectonics; Solander; Strike slip; Subduction; Transpression

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033492932     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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