The central role of the Hikurangi Plateau in the Cenozoic tectonics of New Zealand and the Southwest Pacific

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 460-468

  Reyners, Martin ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cenozoic tectonics; Hikurangi Plateau; New Zealand; Southwest Pacific; STEP fault

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC TECTONICS; HIKURANGI PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHWEST PACIFIC; STEP FAULT;

BUOYANCY; SEISMIC WAVES;

FAULTING;

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT PROPAGATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HIKURANGI PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84872305150     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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