Cretaceous felsic volcanism in New Zealand and Lord Howe Rise (Zealandia) as a precursor to final Gondwana break-up

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 321, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-118

  Tulloch, A J ^a   Ramezani, J ^b   Mortimer, N ^a   Mortensen, J ^c   Van Den Bogaard, P ^d   Maas, P ^e  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TYPE ROCK; AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; EPISODIC EVENT; EXHUMATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FELSIC ROCK; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; RHYOLITE; RIFTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

LORD HOWE RISE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 75149124491     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP321.5     Document Type: Article

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