Formation of an active thrust triangle zone associated with structural inversion in a subduction setting, eastern New Zealand

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Barnes, Philip M ^a   Nicol, Andrew ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Inversion; New Zealand; Structure; Subduction; Tectonic deformation; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; THRUST;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 4444259962     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001449     Document Type: Article

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