Delineation of a large ultramafic massif embedded within a major SW Pacific suture using gravity methods

Tectonophysics

Volumn 424, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 119-133

  Williams, Helen A ^a   Cassidy, John ^a   Locke, Corinne A ^a   Spörli, K Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt; Gravity; Maitai terrane; Murihiku terrane; Terrane suture; Ultramafic massif; Waipapa terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; GRAVITY SURVEY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33748198646     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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