Cavalli Seamount, Northland Plateau, SW Pacific Ocean: A Miocene metamorphic core complex?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 971-983

  Mortimer, N ^a   Herzer, R H ^a   Walker, N W ^a   Calvert, A T ^b   Seward, D ^c   Chaproniere, G C H ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Miocene; New Zealand; Pacific Ocean; Petrology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; SCHIST; SEAMOUNT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344287113     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-157     Document Type: Article

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