Hikurangi Plateau: Crustal structure, rifted formation, and Gondwana subduction history

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Davy, Bryan ^a   Hoernle, Kaj ^b   Werner, Reinhard ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c Tethys Geoconsulting GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chatham Rise; Gondwana; Hikurangi Plateau; Large Igneous Province; Manihiki Plateau; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549133180     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001855     Document Type: Article

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