Aeromagnetic imaging of the Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt in northern New Zealand: Insight into the fine structure of a major SW Pacific terrane suture

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 723-735

  Eccles, J D ^a   Cassidy, J ^a   Locke, C A ^a   Sporli K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accretion; Aeromagnetic surveys; Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt; Serpentinite; Shear zones

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SERPENTINITE; SHEAR ZONE; SUTURE ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 21444434146     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-060     Document Type: Review

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