Oligocene-miocene spreading history of the northern South Fiji Basin and implications for the evolution of the New Zealand plate boundary

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Herzer, R H ^a   Barker, D H N ^a   Roest, W R ^b   Mortimer, N ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

back arc basin evolution; gravity model; magnetic anomalies; multibeam bathymetry; New Zealand plate boundary.; South Fiji Basin

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS;

BACK-ARC BASIN; GRAVITY MODEL; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH FIJI BASIN;

BATHYMETRY;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHYMETRY; GRAVITY SURVEY; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SPREADING CENTER; TRANSFORM FAULT;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH FIJI BASIN;

EID: 79951776266     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003291     Document Type: Article

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