A comparative study of Late Cretaceous ophiolitic basalts from New Zealand and New Caledonia: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the SW Pacific

Tectonophysics

Volumn 327, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 157-171

  Nicholson, K N ^a,b   Picard, C ^c   Black, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geodynamics; Late Cretaceous; Ophiolite; SW Pacific

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; OPHIOLITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

NEW CALEDONIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034480726     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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