Rotation of ductile fabrics across the Alpine Fault and Cenozoic bending of the New Zealand orocline

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 745-756

  Little, T A ^a   Mortimer, N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Haast schist; New Zealand orocline; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CENOZOIC; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FOLDING; METAMORPHIC ROCK; ROTATION; TRANSFORM FAULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034778009     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.5.745     Document Type: Article

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