Earliest Eocene (53 Ma) convergence in the Southwest Pacific: Evidence from pre-obduction dikes in the ophiolite of New Caledonia

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Cluzel, Dominique ^a   Meffre, Sebastien ^b   Maurizot, Pierre ^c   Crawford, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c BRGM   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EOCENE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 33751381985     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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