The role of extensional tectonic in shaping Cenozoic New-Caledonia

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-329

  Lagabrielle, Yves ^a   Cheuvet, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Low angle detachment; Morphotectonics; New Caledonia; Normal faulting; Ultramafic nappe

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; DIP; EOCENE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; LINEAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; PERIDOTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 46949095648     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.3.315     Document Type: Article

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