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Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Lafoy, Y; Collot, Julien; Cosquer, Emmanuel; Geli, Louis; Nouze, Herve; Vially, R. |
[1] During the Zoneco 11 marine geophysical survey (September 2004), two deep reflection seismic profiles recorded by ocean bottom seismometers were acquired in the offshore domain west of New Caledonia. The northern profile crosses the New Caledonia Basin, the Fairway Ridge, the Fairway Basin, and the Lord Howe Rise. The southern profile crosses the Norfolk Rise south of New Caledonia, the New Caledonia Basin, the Fairway Ridge and Basin, and ends at the foot of Lord Howe Rise. On the northern profile the Lord Howe Rise has a crustal thickness of 23 km and exhibits seismic velocities and velocity gradients characteristic of continental crust. The crust thins to 12-15 km in the neighboring Fairway Basin, which is interpreted to be of thinned continental... |
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Palavras-chave: Crustal structure; SW Pacific; Wide angle seismic. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3543.pdf |
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Collot, Julien; Geli, Louis; Lafoy, Y; Vially, R; Cluzel, D; Klingelhoefer, Frauke; Nouze, Herve. |
New, high-quality multichannel seismic reflection data from the western New Caledonia offshore domain allow for the first time the direct, continuous connection of seismic reflectors between the Deep Sea Drilling Project 208 drill hole on the Lord Howe Rise and the New Caledonia Basin. A novel seismic interpretation is hence proposed for the northern New Caledonia Basin stratigraphy, which places the Eocene/Oligocene unconformity deeper than previously thought and revisits the actual thickness of the pre-Oligocene sequences. A causal link is proposed between the obduction of the South Loyalty Basin over New Caledonia (NC) and the tectonic history of the northern New Caledonia Basin. Here it is suggested that as the South Loyalty Basin was being obducted... |
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Palavras-chave: New Caledonia; Seismics; Obduction. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4782.pdf |
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