Subduction initiation at a strike-slip plate boundary: The Cenozoic Paciic-Australian plate boundary, south of New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Lebrun, Jean Frédéric ^a   Lamarche, Geoffroy ^b   Collot, Jean Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Australia; Cenezoic; Macquarie Ridge; Pacific; Plate motion; Subduction initiation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CENOZOIC; GEODYNAMICS; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION;

MACQUARIE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0346268870     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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