Early Cretaceous extensional exhumation of the lower crust of a magmatic arc: Evidence from the Mount Irene Shear Zone, Fiordland, New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Scott, James M ^a   Cooper, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HANGING WALL; LOWER CRUST; SHEAR ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; MOUNT IRENE SHEAR ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 33751362484     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001890     Document Type: Article

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