Transform and rift structure of paleogene crust near resolution Ridge, Tasman Sea, southwest New Zealand

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Barker, Daniel H N ^a   Wood, Ray ^a   Sutherland, Rupert ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia Pacific plate boundary; Oceanic crust; Rift; Tasman Sea; Transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749111218     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001887     Document Type: Article

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