Superposed deformation in turbidites and syn-sedimentary slides of the tectonically active Miocene Waitemata Basin, northern New Zealand

Basin Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-216

  Sporli K B ^a   Rowland, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FOLDING; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SLIDING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; TURBIDITE;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAITEMATA BASIN;

EID: 34250365792     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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