Collapse in a quaternary shelf basin off East Cape, New Zealand: Evidence for passage of a subducted seamount inboard of the ruatoria giant avalanche

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 415-429

  Lewis, Keith B ^a   Lallemand, Serge E ^b   Carter, Lionel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Debris avalanche; Hikurangi margin; New Zealand; Quaternary basin; Raukumara Peninsula; Subducted seamount; Submarine landslide

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; QUATERNARY; SEAMOUNT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 8144223324     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515067     Document Type: Article

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