Regional Geological Framework of South Island, New Zealand, and its Significance for Understanding the Active Plate Boundary

A Continental Plate Boundary: Tectonics at South Island, New Zealand

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 19-46

  Cox, Simon C ^a   Sutherland, Rupert ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental margins New Zealand South Island; Plate tectonics New Zealand South Island

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DEFORMATION; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEW ZEALAND; PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; TERTIARY SEDIMENTS;

FAULTING;

EID: 84952667549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/175GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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