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| Collot, Julien; Patriat, Martin; Sutherland, R.; Williams, S.; Cluzel, D.; Seton, M.; Pelletier, B.; Roest, Walter; Etienne, S.; Bordenave, A.; Maurizot, P.. |
| The SW Pacific region consists of a succession of ridges and basins that were created by the fragmentation of Gondwana and the evolution of subduction zones since Mesozoic times. This complex geodynamic evolution shaped the geology of New Caledonia, which lies in the northern part of the Zealandia continent. Alternative tectonic models have been postulated. Most models agree that New Caledonia was situated on an active plate margin of eastern Gondwana during the Mesozoic. Extension affected the region from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene and models for this period vary in the location and nature of the plate boundary between the Pacific and Australian plates. Eocene regional tectonic contraction included the obduction of a mantle-derived Peridotite... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00643/75543/76565.pdf |
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