Variations in exhumation level and uplift rate along the oblique-slip Alpine fault, central Southern Alps, New Zealand

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 707-723

  Little, Timothy A ^a   Cox, Simon ^b   Vry, Julie K ^a   Batt, Geoffrey ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Exhumation; Oblique convergence; Oblique ramping; Southern Alps; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION LEVEL; PLATE MOTIONS; UPLIFT RATE;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEPOSITION; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MINERALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXHUMATION; OBLIQUE FAULT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WORLD;

CANIDAE;

EID: 18944369820     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25500.1     Document Type: Review

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