Cambrian intra-oceanic arc accretion to the austral Gondwana margin: Constraints on the location of proto-New Zealand

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-594

  Bradshaw, J D ^a   Gutjahr, M ^a   Weaver, S D ^a   Bassett, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Australia; Bowers terrane; Cambrian; New Zealand; Ross Delamerian orogen; Takaka terrane; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALASIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; NEW ZEALAND; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 70449341735     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090902806339     Document Type: Article

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