A Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic reconstruction of the Southwest Pacific region: Tectonics controlled by subduction and slab rollback processes

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 191-233

  Schellart, W P ^a,b   Lister, G S ^a   Toy, V G ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

backarc; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; extension; geodynamics; hinge retreat; reconstruction; rollback; slab; Southwest Pacific; spreading; subduction; tectonics

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33744821901     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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