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| Sutherland, Rupert; Collot, Julien; Lafoy, Yves; Logan, Graham A.; Hackney, Ron; Stagpoole, Vaughan; Uruski, Chris; Hashimoto, Takehiko; Higgins, Karen; Herzer, Richard H.; Wood, Ray; Mortimer, Nick; Rollet, Nadege. |
| We use seismic reflection and rock sample data to propose that the first-order physiography of New Caledonia Trough and Norfolk Ridge formed in Eocene and Oligocene time and was associated with the onset of subduction and back-arc spreading at the Australia-Pacific plate boundary. Our tectonic model involves an initial Cretaceous rift that is strongly modified by Cenozoic subduction initiation. Hence, we are able to explain (1) complex sedimentary basins of inferred Mesozoic age; (2) a prominent unconformity and onlap surface of middle Eocene to early Miocene age at the base of flat-lying sediments beneath the axis of New Caledonia Trough; (3) gently dipping, variable thickness, and locally deformed Late Cretaceous strata along the margins of the trough;... |
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Palavras-chave: Norfolk ridge system; Back arc extension; New zealand region; South fiji basin; Sw pacific; Northland plateau; Tasman sea; Seismic stratigraphy; Geodynamic ecolution; Tectonic evolution. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00001/11271/9283.pdf |
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| Mortimer, Nick; Campbell, Hamish J.; Tulloch, Andy J.; King, Peter R.; Stagpoole, Vaughan M.; Wood, Ray A.; Rattenbury, Mark S.; Sutherland, Rupert; Adams, Chris J.; Collot, Julien; Seton, Maria. |
| A 4.9 Mkm2 region of the southwest Pacific Ocean is made up of continental crust. The region has elevated bathymetry relative to surrounding oceanic crust, diverse and silica-rich rocks, and relatively thick and low-velocity crustal structure. Its isolation from Australia and large area support its definition as a continent— Zealandia. Zealandia was formerly part of Gondwana. Today it is 94% submerged, mainly as a result of widespread Late Cretaceous crustal thinning preceding supercontinent breakup and consequent isostatic balance. The identification of Zealandia as a geological continent, rather than a collection of continental islands, fragments, and slices, more correctly represents the geology of this part of Earth. Zealandia provides a fresh context... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00489/60035/63303.pdf |
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