Influence of cumulative convergence on lithospheric thrust fault development and topography along the Australian-Pacific plate boundary south of New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Meckel, T A ^a,b   Mann, P ^a   Mosher, Sharon ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Geomorphology; Macquarie Ridge Complex; Oblique convergence; Subduction initiation; Trench

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549009233     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000914     Document Type: Article

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