Intraplate deformation adjacent to the Macquarie Ridge south of New Zealand-The tectonic evolution of a complex plate boundary

Tectonophysics

Volumn 463, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a   Furlong, Kevin P ^a   Ammon, Charles J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake relocations; Intraplate deformation; Macquarie Ridge; New Zealand; Plate reconstructions; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE ZONE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; MACQUARIE RIDGE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57449099851     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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