Plate boundary deformation in South Island, New Zealand, is related to inherited lithospheric structure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Sutherland, Rupert ^a   Davey, Fred ^a   Beavan, John ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continents; Deformation; Lithosphere; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034074280     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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