An outline of the geology of New Caledonia; from Permian-Mesozoic Southeast Gondwanaland active margin to Cenozoic obduction and supergene evolution

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-86

  Cluzel, Dominique ^a   Maurizot, Pierre ^a,b   Collot, Julien ^a,c   Sevin, Brice ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^b BRGM Nouvelle Calédonie ^*  (New Caledonia)

^c Institut des Sciences Exactes et Appliquées   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BLUESCHIST; ECLOGITE; ISLAND ARC; MESOZOIC; OBDUCTION; PERMIAN; PLATE TECTONICS; REGOLITH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NORFOLK RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880615478     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/007     Document Type: Review

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